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DCP-LETT-11552

From:
Arnold Dodel-Port
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 162: 197
Summary:

Comments on publication of his Atlas der Botanik [1878]. Discusses possible English edition. Draws CD’s attention to plates of Drosera in Atlas. Mentions contribution offered by Hermann Müller, and support by German professors of botany.

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DCP-LETT-11553

From:
Raphael Meldola
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
13 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 171: 129
Summary:

Would like to read Weismann’s essay on Daphnidae.

Fritz Müller’s paper on odours emitted by butterflies was read at last Entomological Society meeting.

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DCP-LETT-11554

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arnold Dodel-Port
Date:
15 June 1878
Source of text:
Zentralbibliothek, Zürich (Ms. Z VIII 417.2)
Summary:

Thanks AD-P for his magnificent Atlas; hopes it will find an English publisher. Suggests Longman & Co.

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DCP-LETT-11555

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
16 June [1878]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.537)
Summary:

Sends two pages from MS chapter on instinct. Presumes it is too late for chapter to be of use to GJR.

After train ride Baby [Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin] calls every vehicle "boo boo".

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DCP-LETT-11556

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
18 June [1878]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 128–9)
Summary:

Movements of cotyledons of Oxalis.

Francis Darwin at Würzburg with Julius Sachs.

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DCP-LETT-11557

From:
George John Romanes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 June 1878
Source of text:
E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 71
Summary:

Thanks for permission to use CD’s observations on instinct. Would like to use CD’s MS chapter in preparing forthcoming book [Mental evolution in animals (1883)].

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DCP-LETT-11558

From:
Arnold Dodel-Port
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 162: 198
Summary:

Comments on positive response to publication [of Atlas]. CD’s approval will help make an English edition possible. Rejects suggestion that CD should subscribe.

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DCP-LETT-11559

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
18 June [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 27
Summary:

Has been observing the movements of leaves and cotyledons; sleep movements are exaggerated circumnutation. Reports some odd observations on movement in Oxalis species.

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DCP-LETT-11560

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
19 June [1878]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.538)
Summary:

GJR may have CD’s MS chapter on instinct. It was abstracted for Origin, but CD probably will not prepare it for publication.

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DCP-LETT-11561

From:
George John Romanes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 June 1878
Source of text:
E. D. Romanes 1896, p. 73
Summary:

Thanks for permission to use CD’s MS chapter on instinct for forthcoming book.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-11561F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hyacinth Symonds; Hyacinth Jardine; Hyacinth Hooker
Date:
21 June [1878?]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/2/2/1 f. 314)
Summary:

Thanks for bananas.

Will rejoice when Joseph Dalton Hooker is no longer burdened by his Royal Society duties.

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DCP-LETT-11562

From:
Charles Wyville Thomson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 178: 116
Summary:

Seeks CD’s support for W. C. M’Intosh, candidate for Chair in Natural History at Aberdeen.

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DCP-LETT-11563

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
23 June [1878]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 131–2)
Summary:

Thanks for seeds and plants.

News of Francis and Horace Darwin.

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DCP-LETT-11564

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[c. 23 June 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 28
Summary:

Can send FD twisted branches of some climbing plants if he wishes.

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DCP-LETT-11565

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
25 June [1878]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 133–4)
Summary:

Asks WTT-D to identify a leaf.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-11566

From:
John Ellor Taylor
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 202: 124
Summary:

Sends CD a copy of his book [Flowers; their origin, shapes, perfumes and colours (1878)].

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DCP-LETT-11567

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Ellor Taylor
Date:
26 June 1878
Source of text:
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation (tipped into J. E. Taylor 1878b (DK T243f STR))
Summary:

Thanks JET for his book.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-11568

From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 178: 145
Summary:

Progress of experiments. Wants CD’s advice on best way to cross-fertilise his plants.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-11568F

From:
Elizabeth Anne Hadley; Elizabeth Anne Greaves
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
26 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 210.14: 13
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-11569

From:
John Wesley Judd
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1878
Source of text:
DAR 168: 84
Summary:

Sends a paper by Melchior Neumayr [‘Über unvermittelt auftretende Cephalopodentypen’, Jahrb. K.-K. Geol. Reichsanst. 28 (1878): 37–80].

Plans to marry soon.

Next year he will begin a practical course in geology to supplement his lectures.

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