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The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
Asks WDF for facts about stripes in horses and ponies.
Health has been very bad.
Is much obliged and honoured by the Diploma of the Geographical Society of Vienna.
Bees’ cells; GRW thinks hexagonal shape is accidental. Encloses notes on cells of Icaria.
"Excessively" interested in theory of bees’ cell formation.
Fears few of his pigeons will be of any use to WBT.
Hopes WBT will describe foreign poultry breeds.
Comments on letter from Georg Hartung to CL dealing with erratic boulders.
Discusses migration of plants and animals.
A letter from Thomas Thomson on heat endured by temperate plants.
Confidential revelation concerning W. F. Daniell.
Georg Hartung confirms CD’s supposition from flora of Azores that icebergs had been stranded there.
Has been at Moor Park since Tuesday. Is passing his time watching ants.
Has come to heavy grief about bees’ cells, unless Huber is wrong [François Huber, New observations on the natural history of bees, new ed. (1841)].
Discusses cart-horses and stripes on a Belgiman [Belgian?].
Relates domestic affairs.
Thinks his bees’ cell theory will hold good.
Discusses bees’ cells
and WED’s botanical interests.
Sends MS on large and small genera.
Observed slave-making ants at Moor Park.
Will be most curious to hear results of WDF’s experiment with a kite and turkey chicks "by themselves".
If WDF ever sees a striped dun horse, he should ascertain colour of dam and sire.
Inquires about the structure and formation of bees’ comb; is interested in seeing its form at the commencement of building.
[Six fragments, mainly diagrams.] The geometry of bees’ cells.
Relates events at home;
hopes WED gets the scholarship.
Arranges meeting with JDH at Thatched House Tavern.
Eager for JDH’s reaction to MS on large and small genera.
Arrangements for JDH to visit Down for weekend.
CD’s health has been poor owing to hard work [on Natural selection]. He has to treat of every branch of natural history, which is beyond his strength.
Reports that N. J. Andersson finds every European willow bar one is also American.
Has heard from David Livingstone and reports on his progress.
Gives calculations on the structure of bees’ cells.