From Francis Darwin 23 [May 1881]
Summary
Would like some of his notes. Has been looking at roots of Linum, cucurbits, larch, and orchids. Is content that mother should teach Bernard whatever religion she likes.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 23 [May 1881] |
| Classmark: | DAR 274.1: 66 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13170F |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Wedgwood families were Unitarians; for Emma Darwin ’s views on religion, see Keynes 2001 , pp. 49–54. CD discussed the peg or heel that develops from a germinating seed in plants of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family in Movement in plants , pp. 102–4. He had recently received a copy of Friedrich August Tscherning ’s dissertation on germination in the Cucurbitaceae; Tscherning wrote to Botanische Zeitung to claim priority for his observation of the peg in his dissertation ( Tscherning 1872 ; …
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (8) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (2) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
| Cupples, A. J. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Bowman, William | (1) |
| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (14) |
| Darwin, Emma | (5) |
| Wedgwood, Emma | (5) |
| Darwin, E. A. | (3) |
| Fox, W. D. | (2) |
