To Fritz Müller [9 February 1876]
Summary
Has sent FM’s letter on to Nature ["Brazil kitchen middens, habits of ants, etc.", Nature 13 (1876): 304–5].
Would be grateful for Ceropegia seeds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | [9 Feb 1876] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 38) (EH 88205868) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10384 |
To Fritz Müller [18 February 1876]
Summary
Has received seeds of Cecropia peltata from Kew.
Has asked Hermann Müller to send copy of FM’s paper as soon as published.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | [18 Feb 1876] |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 39) (EH 88205869) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10400 |
To Fritz Müller 11 December 1876
Summary
FM’s new position in Rio.
CD interested in nature of surface deposits at Rio.
Sends a copy of Cross and self-fertilisation.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 11 Dec 1876 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 40) (EH 88205870) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10709 |
To Fritz Müller 9 May 1877
Summary
Is printing a book on dimorphic plants [Forms of flowers] in which he will make considerable use of FM’s work.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 9 May 1877 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 41) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10954 |
To Fritz Müller 14 May 1877
Summary
Requests observations on sensitive Mimosa and movements of plants in rain.
Worm-castings.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 14 May 1877 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 42) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10960 |
To Fritz Müller 13 November 1877
Summary
Asks for Cassia seed for experiments.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 13 Nov 1877 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 43) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11233 |
To Fritz Müller 12 January 1878
Summary
CD and son [Francis] working on spontaneous movements of plants and heliotropism.
Has given [Raphael Meldola] permission to read extracts of FM’s last letter [not found], on odours emitted by moths, before Entomological Society [Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1878): ii–iii].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 12 Jan 1878 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 44) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11319 |
To Fritz Müller 27 March 1878
Summary
Thanks FM for letter of 22 Feb [not found] on Lepidoptera. Will send it to Entomological Society to be read. FM’s earlier letters produced best discussions of the season.
Thanks for seeds of Viola.
He and Francis [Darwin] are at work on biology of seedling plants and wish to observe how the flowers penetrate the earth.
The Pontederia did not germinate, probably pressed too much [in post].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 27 Mar 1878 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 45) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11448 |
To Fritz Müller 16 May 1878
Summary
Has forwarded FM’s letter to Raphael Meldola.
Thanks for information on Mimosa.
Would like to know how Cassia behaves in the rain.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 16 May 1878 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 46) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11512 |
To Fritz Müller 24 July 1878
Summary
Thanks for seeds
and information about earthworms.
Is working hard at movement in plants.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 24 July 1878 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 47) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11626 |
To Fritz Müller 4 March 1879
Summary
Has sent FM’s letter on caddis-fly to Nature ["On a frog and caddis-flies", Nature 19 (1879): 462–4].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 4 Mar 1879 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 48) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11915 |
To Fritz Müller 23 February 1881
Summary
CD interested by FM’s facts on movement of plants; has sent some to Nature ["Movement of leaves", Collected papers 2: 228–9]. Greatly admires FM’s work. Suggests an experiment to investigate movement in Phyllanthus.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 23 Feb 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 49) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13064 |
To Fritz Müller 20 March 1881
Summary
FM’s view on meaning of two-coloured stamens in many flowers; CD has been looking through his old notes on dimorphism for supporting evidence. Intends to send extract of FM’s letter to Nature or to Linnean Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 20 Mar 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 50) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13091 |
To Fritz Müller 12 April 1881
Summary
Earthworm book with printer.
Has sent FM’s observations on paraheliotropism to Nature ["Movement of leaves", Collected papers 2: 228–9].
Plants with differently coloured anthers.
Intends gathering together his notes on "bloom".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 12 Apr 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 51) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13113 |
To Fritz Müller 21 June 1881
Summary
Wants seeds of heterostyled plants to test fertility of illegitimate seedlings.
Offers £100 to FM to replace books lost in flooding.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 21 June 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 52) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13212 |
To Fritz Müller 4 July 1881
Summary
Movement of plants to shake off water: FM’s invaluable observations.
Inquires about "bloom" on leaves.
Fertilisation of Melastomataceae, roles of the two sets of anthers.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 4 July 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 53) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13233 |
To Fritz Müller 10 September 1881
Summary
Has sent FM’s account of Pandanus and Oxalis to Nature ["Leaves injured at night by free radiation", Nature 24 (1881): 459].
Is crossing heterostyled plants.
Hopes to get his notes on bloom together.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 10 Sept 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no : 54) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13326 |
To Fritz Müller 22 October 1881
Summary
Is in Cambridge with his son, resting
and reading F. M. Balfour’s Comparative embryology [1880–1].
Sent FM a copy of Earthworms.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 22 Oct 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 55) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13419 |
To Fritz Müller 13 November 1881
Summary
Is experimenting with effect of ammonium carbonate on chlorophyll and roots, but finds the results confusing.
Julius von Wiesner has published a book reinterpreting CD’s observations in Movement in plants [see 13422].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 13 Nov 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 56) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13481 |
To Fritz Müller 19 December 1881
Summary
Waxy secretion or "bloom" on leaves.
FM’s article on Crotalaria.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
Date: | 19 Dec 1881 |
Classmark: | The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 57) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13564 |
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