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From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   12 July 1875

Summary

WTT-D and E. R. Lankester wish to visit CD.

Has corrected some references for new edition of Variation.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 July 1875
Classmark:  DAR 178: 94
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10061

From W. T. Thiselton Dyer   23 July 1875

Summary

Encloses corrections and notes on Variation [1st ed.].

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  23 July 1875
Classmark:  DAR 178: 95, 96
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10089

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   28 September 1875

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Reports on Schrankia aculeata in which pinna and pinnule are sensitive, but, unlike Mimosa pudica, rachis does not move.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Sept 1875
Classmark:  DAR 209.6: 208
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10174

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   [16–22 October 1875]

Summary

PS concerning Imantophyllum.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [16–22 Oct 1875]
Classmark:  DAR 185: 152
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10201F

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   20 October 1875

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It has been empirically established at Kew that insular plants tend to be heteromorphic, plants with entire leaves tending to produce divided leaves.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Oct 1875
Classmark:  DAR 47: 205–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10206

From W. T. Thiselton Dyer   [1876]

Summary

Cancelled: part of 11847

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  
Classmark:  DAR 205.2: 259
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10340

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   [20 January 1879]

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H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.

CD’s collected notes on geographical distribution would make a good book.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [20 Jan 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 205.2: 260
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10341

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   6 June 1876

Summary

References to figures of Coryanthes.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 June 1876
Classmark:  DAR 178: 97
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10534

From [W. T. Thiselton-Dyer]   [after 22 September 1877]

Summary

Lists of Acacia and Eucalyptus species.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 22 Sept 1877]
Classmark:  DAR 209.12: 3
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10750

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   [June 1877 or later]

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Notes and extracts relating to "bloom".

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [June 1877 or later]
Classmark:  DAR 68: 32–5
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10751

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   [before 17 January 1877]

Summary

Remarks on the difference between the sexes in Restionaceae and other subjects – occasioned by reading the introduction [to Forms of flowers].

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 17 Jan 1877]
Classmark:  DAR 111: B55–8r
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10757

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   16 July 1877

Summary

Is forwarding several plants requested by CD.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  16 July 1877
Classmark:  DAR 178: 98
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11056

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   18 July 1877

Summary

Has sent Mimosa. The horticultural and physiological Mimosa is M. albida, which has a western distribution, rather than M. sensitiva as it is commonly called in error.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 July 1877
Classmark:  DAR 209.2: 159
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11060

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   25 July 1877

Summary

Is acquiring some "maritime and glaucous" plants for CD.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 July 1877
Classmark:  DAR 178: 99
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11071

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   10 August 1877

Summary

Information on plants requested by CD.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  10 Aug 1877
Classmark:  DAR 178: 100
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11100

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   25 August 1877

Summary

CD’s curious observations on Trifolium resupinatum.

Describes a Maranta remarkable for its leaf asymmetry: its leaves are elliptical on one side and oblong on the other.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Aug 1877
Classmark:  DAR 178: 101
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11111

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   [21 October 1877]

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Hooker, just returned from U. S., says Pinus nordmanniana leaves are spread horizontally in the morning and rise during the day.

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [21 Oct 1877]
Classmark:  DAR 209.14: 189
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11161

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   [after 16 October 1875?]

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Comments on Insectivorous plants, p. 353 mentioning J. J. T. Schloesing’s experiments with carbonate of ammonia [see J. J. T. Schloesing, "Sur l’absorption de l’ammoniaque de l’air par les végétaux", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 78 (1874): 1700–3].

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 16 Oct 1875?]
Classmark:  DAR 86: B18
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11301

From W. T. Thiselton Dyer   18 January 1878

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Sends quotations on Dionaea and Sarracenia. [See Insectivorous plants, 2d ed., pp. 243, 366.]

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Jan 1878
Classmark:  DAR 86: B16–17
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11325

From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   29 January 1878

Summary

Information on Cyclamen and other plants.

Identification of some plants.

"Bloom".

Author:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  29 Jan 1878
Classmark:  DAR 133.19: 10, 11, DAR 178: 102, DAR 209.4: 433–4, DAR 209.11: 258, 259, DAR 209.12: 88, Petit and Théodoridès 1959, pp. 210–11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11339
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