To L. C. Harrison 18 October [1881]
Summary
Can think of no suggestion to send to Mrs Forsyth. "The best plan is to read, think and speculate and then some suggestion or doubt will occur which can be determined or verified out of observation."
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Date: | 18 Oct [1881] |
Classmark: | Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13414 |
To Lucy Caroline Wedgwood [before 25 September 1866]
Summary
Asks her to see whether the flowers or leaves of Erica massoni are noted as glutinous in the Botanical Magazine.
Inquires about the pods of peony: are they brilliantly coloured and do birds eat them?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Date: | [before 25 Sept 1866] |
Classmark: | CUL (Add 4251: 336) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5203 |
To L. C. Wedgwood 8 June [1867–72]
Summary
Asks her to observe whether her dog exposes his teeth when barking and to think of any facts about expression in her birds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Date: | 8 June [1867-72] |
Classmark: | CUL (Add 4251: 334) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7223 |
To L. C. Wedgwood 5 January [1872]
Summary
Asks her to probe worm-holes on grassy slopes with a knitting needle to ascertain whether they come out at right angles to the slope or to the horizon.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Date: | 5 Jan [1872] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (Add 4251: 331) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8144 |
To L. C. Wedgwood 21 January [1872]
Summary
Thanks for observations on angles of worm-holes on slopes. William Darwin is observing at Stonehenge. She is worth her weight in gold.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Date: | 21 Jan [1872] |
Classmark: | Cambridge University Library (Add 4251: 332) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8171 |
To K. E. S., L. C., and M. S. Wedgwood 4 [August 1862]
Summary
Their enumeration [of forms of Lythrum?] is invaluable. He will write later to explain what he is trying to prove about Lythrum through laborious crosses.
Asks for flowers of both forms of Hottonia to measure pollen and compare stigmas.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams; Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
Date: | 4 [Aug 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 185: 127 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4373 |
Harrison, L. C. | (6) |
Wedgwood, L. C. | |
Vaughan Williams, M. S. | (1) |
Wedgwood, M. S. | (1) |
Wedgwood, Sophy | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
Harrison, L. C. | |
Wedgwood, L. C. | (6) |
Vaughan Williams, M. S. | (1) |
Wedgwood, M. S. | (1) |
Wedgwood, Sophy | (1) |