From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[5 Aug 1843]
Source of text:
DAR 205.7: 282
Summary:
Calls CD’s attention to an article about William Herbert’s hybrid Narcissus.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[2 Sept 1843]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A8–10
Summary:
Tells how W. Kemp found the seeds of Atriplex, which Lindley sent to JSH for identification.
Asks about monstrous plant mentioned by Lindley [see 690].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
9 Oct 1843
Source of text:
DAR 50: A24–5
Summary:
Thinks W. Kemp’s specimens are all common varieties of living species of Atriplex.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[14 Oct 1843]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A11–12
Summary:
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.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Oct 1843
Source of text:
DAR 50: A26–7
Summary:
Regards [W. Kemp’s] plant as clearly only Atriplex patula, though with "an unusual habit".
Adds report on success of his Roman tomb exhibit.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
[4 Nov 1843]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A13–14
Summary:
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.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
