To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [after 26] July [1879]
Summary
Has failed with his experiments on aerial roots.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | [after 26] July [1879] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 180–1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12129 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 July [1879]
Summary
Structure of some "very curious" tendrils.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 9 July [1879] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 178–9) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12141 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 1 September [1879]
Summary
Wants a plant that shows interesting sleep movements identified.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 1 Sept [1879] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 182–3). Thiselton-Dyer, W. T. Letters: folio 184. Image reproduced with the kind permission of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12209 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 29 October 1879
Summary
Wants cryptogam identified; has been observing its movements.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 29 Oct 1879 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 187–8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12275 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 31 October 1879
Summary
Terminology for asexual gemmae of Lunularia vulgaris and comparison with Marchantia.
Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 31 Oct 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 209.3: 335 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12281 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 20 November 1879
Summary
Wants a plant identified;
would like some cotton seeds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 20 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 195–6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12330 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 11 December [1879]
Summary
Wants some apheliotropic plants for experiments.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 11 Dec [1879] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 197–8) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12352 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 15 January 1880
Summary
Thanks for cotton seeds.
Germination of Megarrhiza.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 15 Jan 1880 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 199–200) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12424 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 18 January [1880]
Summary
Suspects WTT-D is the author of a good review of Erasmus Darwin in Nature [21 (1880): 245–7].
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 18 Jan [1880] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 201–2) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12431 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 27 January [1880]
Summary
Asa Gray wants seeds of a variety of cotton known as vine cotton.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 27 Jan [1880] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 203–4) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12440 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 15 April 1880
Summary
Wants Ipomoea seeds for observing germination.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 15 Apr 1880 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 205–6) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12576 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 23 November [1880]
Summary
WTT-D’s suggestion about absorbent function of pegs in Abronia suggests origin of pegs in Welwitschia, which deeply interests CD. Previously could not see how pegs became large enough to be of mechanical use. Now thinks tissue between hypocotyl and radicle absorbs fluid, which would favour rise of peg to expose larger surface.
Rejects German contempt for investigating use of organs.
Asks WTT-D to observe how worms draw Robinia leaves into burrows.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 23 Nov [1880] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 209–11) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12843 |
From W. T. Thiselton-Dyer [after 23 November 1880]
Summary
CD may not mean same thing as WTT-D by absorbent pegs in Abronia.
F. O. Bower’s paper on Welwitschia [germination] [Q. J. Microsc. Sci. 21 (1881): 15–30] will appear in January.
Has observed earthworms for CD: they do not draw Robinia leaves into burrows by the petioles.
Author: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 23 Nov 1880] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 105 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12849 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 21 March [1881]
Summary
Wants plants with two sets of anthers of different colours. Fritz Müller letter [13041a] has made him wish to renew experiments and observations carried out 20 years ago.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 21 Mar [1881] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 212–13) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13094 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 1 April 1881
Summary
Wants Monochaetum flowers for examination as he has forgotten the structure and cannot publish until he has repeated his observations and experiments.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 1 Apr 1881 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 214–15) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13104 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 April [1881]
Summary
Thanks for Monochaetum flowers; his old notes have now become intelligible.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 3 Apr [1881] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 216) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13106 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 April 1881
Summary
About Francis Darwin’s application for election to [Royal] Society.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 9 Apr 1881 |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 218–19) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13109 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 21 April [1881]
Summary
Wants Trifolium seed.
Has been rereading WTT-D’s letters on "bloom".
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 21 Apr [1881] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 220–1) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13130 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 7 May [1881]
Summary
Wants a Clematis identified. Has been observing how earthworms drag down its petioles.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 7 May [1881] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 224) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13149 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 10 May [1881]
Summary
Thanks for WTT-D’s attempts to get the Trifolium seeds.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
Date: | 10 May [1881] |
Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 226) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13153 |
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