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DCP-LETT-13237

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
8 July 1881
Source of text:
DAR 211: 85
Summary:

Comments on the response to Movement in plants, which seems to have been successful.

Is going over revises of Earthworms.

Is investigating further his notion that leaves align themselves in the rain so as to shoot off drops of water.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13103

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[9 July 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 71
Summary:

Reports splendid cases of "paraheliotropism" which he now believes is one of the commonest movements of plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13245F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 July 1881
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 71
Summary:

Reports de Bary’s opinion of Max Cornu. Accounts of various botanical experiments and observations.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13252F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 July 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 67
Summary:

Reports on a visit to Hermann Vöchting and discussion of Julius Sachs.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13340

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
16 Sept 1881
Source of text:
DAR 210.6: 183
Summary:

A circular letter on the distribution of his money at death and the division ofErasmus’ estate.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13411

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
17 Oct 1881
Source of text:
DAR 211: 86
Summary:

Has been reading Julius von Wiesner’s book [Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)]. Comments that it is "an excellent book, but he vivisects me in the most grievous terms, but most effectively".

Has been experimenting on aggregation of chlorophyll but with little success.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13474F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[21 Oct 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 69
Summary:

Commiserates on news of Wiesner and experiment on transmission of heliotropism. Asks whether he should review book for Nature.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13422

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
22 [Oct 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 87
Summary:

Thinks FD should review Julius von Wiesner’s book [Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)]. CD comforted that Wiesner’s experiments support their findings but finds it laughable how differently he has interpreted them.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13440

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
28 [Oct 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 88
Summary:

Earthworms is selling well.

Discussed how to repeat some of their plant experiments while in Cambridge.

Comments on Julius Wiesner’s views on plant movement.

S. H. Vines was very much surprised at the action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of Euphorbia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13476

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
9 Nov [1881]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 70, DAR 211: 89
Summary:

Comments on two letters received from W. F. P. Pfeffer [13425, 13464] who thinks Julius Wiesner’s view that light, etc. acts directly on plants is wrong.

Is frantic over the number of letters received about worms; feels the enthusiasm of the reception of Earthworms is laughable.

Is confounded by Euphorbia rootlets and has re-examined the effect of carbonate of ammonia.

Has thought of three good experiments to oppose Wiesner.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13485

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
14 Nov [1881]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 90
Summary:

Forwards a letter from W. F. P. Pfeffer, who opposes some of Julius Wiesner’s notions on plant movements.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13485F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 14 Nov 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 68
Summary:

Thanks for two letters from Pfeffer. Will return translation of Pfeffer and send a letter from Elfring. Looking forward to working on "antiWiesner" experiments. Will return on 26th or 27th.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13501F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
George King
Date:
[after 21 Nov 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 113b
Summary:

CD asks him to say that the beautiful specimens of Dischidia arrived safely.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13548

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[18 Dec 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 91
Summary:

Andrew Clark finds that CD’s heart is perfectly right.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13570

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
20 Dec 1881
Source of text:
DAR (CD library— Index Kewensis tom. 1)
Summary:

Has promised to pay Hooker about £250 annually "for the formation of a perfect MS catalogue of all known plants [Index Kewensis]".

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13603

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin; Francis Darwin; George Howard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Leonard Darwin; William Erasmus Darwin; Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
8 Jan 1882
Source of text:
DAR 185: 60
Summary:

Advises his children as to how some money will be distributed among them.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-13611

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
12 Jan 1882
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Summary:

CD happy to lend Weismann’s pamphlet to RM.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13697F

From:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
22 Feb 1882
Source of text:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers (dealers) (6 April 2022, lot 237)
Summary:

Returns certificate he has signed with pleasure.

Emma Darwin will be interested to hear that Charles Bradlaugh was expelled from Parliament.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13726

From:
James Niven
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
12 Mar 1882
Source of text:
DAR 64.2: 101–2
Summary:

Sends [for CD’s possible use] his observations on spines of fir used by worms to block burrows.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13749

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
Date:
[30 Mar 1882]
Source of text:
DAR 221.5: 42
Summary:

CD will be glad to keep the proof of the medal.

He is decidedly better again.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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