CD has written to W. Kemp to ascertain what precautions he took in sowing his seeds. "It will be rather flat if you … pronounce the Atriplex to be merely a variety". Suggests sending plants to C. C. Babington.
Showing 61–80 of 92 items
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.
CD has written to W. Kemp to ascertain what precautions he took in sowing his seeds. "It will be rather flat if you … pronounce the Atriplex to be merely a variety". Suggests sending plants to C. C. Babington.
J. S. Henslow expresses his doubts about WK’s seeds.
Describes germination of seeds he discovered. Cites similar story of seeds found in coal-mine.
Gives further description of gravel bank [of River Tweed] and other geological details.
Regards [W. Kemp’s] plant as clearly only Atriplex patula, though with "an unusual habit".
Adds report on success of his Roman tomb exhibit.
Identifies Atriplex raised from seeds found by W. Kemp as A. angustifolia.
Treasury ready to make payment [for Zoology plates].
Congratulates GRW on appointment to position at British Museum.
J. S. Henslow’s and C. C. Babington’s opinions on WK’s seeds.
Thanks CD for kind letter concerning seeds. Believes soil in which they were planted was contaminated.
CD has been reflecting on John Lindley’s and C. C. Babington’s comments.
Babington has reared a facsimile [of W. Kemp’s Atriplex] by sowing seeds of A. angustifolia. CD has advised Kemp not to publish since anyone would say it was more probable that the seeds of his specimens were in the soil, than that the ones he found had retained vitality. CD regrets this, as he has no doubt of the antiquity of the seeds.
Describes growth of plants raised from seeds he found in sand-pit.
Congratulations on JDH’s safe return.
Henslow has sent CD’s S. American plants to JDH for examination.
Family news and their quiet life at Down.
CD is pleased with how good a case WK’s facts have made.
Approves of the paper CD has drawn up concerning WK’s seed discovery.
Mentions article in Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Robert Brown has cast much doubt on the integrity of the seed-planting experiment.
Thanks for use of CD’s collection.
Comments and queries on the botany of the Southern Hemisphere.
Looks forward to seeing CD’s Galapagos plants.
Comments on GRW’s paper [Rep. BAAS (1843): 65–7; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 12 (1843): 399–412]. CD says by "link" between any two groups he never understood a half-way link, merely one in a long series. Observes that one cannot have a simple species intermediate between two great families. Criticises GRW’s use of circles to represent groups, which leads to thinking that groups are of equal value.
Thanks SD for some furniture. Describes arrangement of furnishing at Down and work carried out on the grounds. Children are "very full of their approaching lessons".