Search: 1860-1869::1866::04 in date 
letter in document-type 
Charles Darwin in collection 
Sorted by:

Showing 4142 of 42 items

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[14–21 Apr 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 59
Summary:

Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 28 Apr 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 60
Summary:

Orchids.

Lyell has written to JDH about coal-plants of Melville Island.

Has glanced at first edition of Principles and has no doubt that Lyell meant the whole globe was cooler when land was massed at poles. JDH doubts this.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
thumbnail