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DCP-LETT-11811

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Dec 1878
Source of text:
DAR 178: 104
Summary:

Sends specimens of Commelyna.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11847

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Jan 1879
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 259, DAR 209.6: 207
Summary:

Oxalis seeds incorrectly named. H. N. Moseley says pigeons in Malaya eject seeds fit for germination.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12010

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Apr 1879
Source of text:
DAR 209.9: 111
Summary:

Oliver says Oxalis colorata is O. floribunda.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-12099

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 June 1879
Source of text:
DAR 209.10: 85
Summary:

Sleep in Crotalaria.

Report of John Ball’s lecture to Geographical Society: Alpine flora is direct descendant of Palaeozoic flora ["On the origin of the flora of the European Alps", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography 1: 564–88].

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DCP-LETT-12281

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 209.3: 335
Summary:

Terminology for asexual gemmae of Lunularia vulgaris and comparison with Marchantia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5825

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 3 Feb 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 91
Summary:

The amphicarpic habit.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9174

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Dec 1873
Source of text:
DAR 178: 92
Summary:

Movement in plants.

Information on species of Cassia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9478

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 May 1874
Source of text:
DAR 178: 93
Summary:

Movement in plants; effect of syringing on Opuntia plants that capture insects with their flowers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9484

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 56–7
Summary:

Sends information on nitrogen and albuminoid content of seeds of Brassica.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9513

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 64–6
Summary:

Reports on his examination of the dried specimens of Pinguicula at Kew to answer CD’s query whether all species secrete.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9516

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 67–8
Summary:

Identifies seeds adhering to leaves of Pinguicula [see Insectivorous plants, p. 369].

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-9792

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 20 Oct 1873?]
Source of text:
DAR 60.2: 58
Summary:

Composition of the residue left on evaporation of the fluid in Nepenthes.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-10046

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
7 July 1875
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 23–4)
Summary:

Discusses corrections to Variation.

Extends invitation to E. Ray Lankester to visit Down.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-10084

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
21 July 1875
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 25–6)
Summary:

Would be obliged for correction of references in Variation [1st ed.].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10177

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
30 Sept 1875
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 27–8)
Summary:

CD obliged about the Schrankia

and thanks WTT-D for details of last number of Gardeners’ Chronicle.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10180

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
3 Oct [1875]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 29–30)
Summary:

Suggests WTT-D read account of Bignonia capreolata in forthcoming Climbing plants.

Plans experiments [on Melastomataceae]. Describes similar experiment performed on Monochaetum. Interested in meaning of differently coloured stamens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10202

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
16 Oct [1875]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 33–4)
Summary:

Thanks for information. Absorption of ammonium carbonate by glandular hairs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10210

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
22 Oct 1875
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 35–6)
Summary:

Encloses manuscript [missing] by George King ["Sport in Paritium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 101–3].

Sends thanks to Hooker for correction of name. Mentions other errors.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10227

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
26 Oct [1875]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 37–8)
Summary:

Wants Imantophyllum for crossing experiments.

Is glad WTT-D thinks George King’s notes worth sending to the Linnean Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10299

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
16 Dec [1875]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W.T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 50–1)
Summary:

Discusses blackballing of E. R. Lankester [at Linnean Society]. Reports on his attempts to persuade other Fellows to support Lankester’s election.

Contributor:
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