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DCP-LETT-11504

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[11 May 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 23
Summary:

Julius von Sachs will "swear & curse" when he finds out he has missed sensitiveness of root apex. Has been putting his notes together and the case is conclusive. [Dated "Saturday 10th" by CD.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11504F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[12 May 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 47
Summary:

Thanks for sending Nature; plans to leave on 22 May; anecdote about Bernard.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11505

From:
Charles Baron Clarke
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 161: 160
Summary:

Reports curious case of dimorphism in Rubiaceae. Encloses envelope containing bud samples.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11506

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
13 May [1878]
Source of text:
Christ Church Library, Oxford (MS 516)
Summary:

Blood-red onions enclosed.

GJR to come whenever convenient.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11507

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Meehan
Date:
13 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 146: 356
Summary:

Criticises article by TM. "Such a manner of treating the work of other observers did not appear to me the way to encourage truth."

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11508

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
14 May 1878
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 122–3)
Summary:

Heliotropism. Requires some plants for experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11509

From:
Naphtali Lewy (Halevi)
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 201: 21
Summary:

Believes that weakness of hybrids explains Biblical injunctions against improper unions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-11510

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
15 May [1878]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Summary:

Encloses Fritz Müller letter, which may be of interest [see 11463].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11512

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
16 May 1878
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 46)
Summary:

Has forwarded FM’s letter to Raphael Meldola.

Thanks for information on Mimosa.

Would like to know how Cassia behaves in the rain.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11513

From:
Charles James (Charles) Layton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 159: 101–3
Summary:

Encloses statement of U. S. sales of CD’s work to 29 April 1878 and sends a cheque for balance due to CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11514

From:
Thomas Whitelegge
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 181: 92
Summary:

Gynodioecism in Ranunculus acris.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11515

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Whitelegge
Date:
17 May 1878
Source of text:
Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 5833)
Summary:

Will use TW’s case of gynodioecious Ranunculus if he prints a new edition of Forms of flowers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11515F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3d marquess of Salisbury
Date:
[18 May 1878]
Source of text:
Daily News , 23 May 1878, p. 2
Summary:

Requesting permission to present a declaration against war to the Foreign secretary.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11516

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Date:
[18 May 1878]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1162.10: 200)
Summary:

Glad to see TWH for Sunday dinner.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11516F

From:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
To:
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Date:
19 May [1878]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (MS Am 1162.10: 201)
Summary:

CD will be glad to see TWH on Friday next, and invites him to stay the night.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11517

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
20 May [1878]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Summary:

RM should take no more trouble over the subject [Otto Zacharias’ photos; see 11510].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11518

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
20 [May 1878]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 124–5)
Summary:

Will dispatch plants for Kew tomorrow.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11519

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William James Beal
Date:
21 May 1878
Source of text:
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections (W. J. Beal Papers UA.17.4 box 891 folder 1)
Summary:

Thanks for his notice of Cross and self-fertilisation.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11520

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Nature
Date:
[21? May 1878]
Source of text:
Nature , 30 May 1878, pp. 120–1
Summary:

CD’s letter on wide distribution of freshwater plants and animals introduces a letter to him from Arthur H. Gray [see 11497].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11521

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Arthur Fairfield Gray
Date:
21 May [1878]
Source of text:
Houghton Library, Harvard University (Autograph File, D)
Summary:

Thanks AFG for his interesting communication. Has sent it to Nature for publication [see 11497].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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