From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 30 May 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.1: 47
Summary:
Has looked for [Ophrys] arachnites for CD, but it is too early in the season.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
[Thomas] Melvill
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/5.99; Reel 9
Summary:
Of five institutions in India named by JH, three no longer exist. Suggests alternate recipients for Cape Results. TM will forward copies to India.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 May 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.355
Summary:
Suspects that J. J. Sylvester and JH agree in their theories. Is inclined to agree with them as his third paper on logic shows. Has read JH's book and will return it soon. Has 30,000 life policies to calculate.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
George Dickie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 162.2: 178
Summary:
Reports observations on Listera cordata in accordance with CD’s wishes.
Agrees with what CD says about adaptations [in Orchids, p. 28–31], but cannot comprehend how they can be explained by natural selection.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
30 May [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 152
Summary:
Has received Melastoma and Vanilla.
Has seen again the two sets of plants of Heterocentron raised from two lots of pollen from same flower – a marvellous difference in stature.
"But oh Lord what will become of my book on variation: I am involved in a multiplicity of experiments."
Observations on Viola.
CD’s fancied dimorphism of Oxalis is all a confounded mistake; only great variability in length of pistils.
Found Henslow’s life [L. Jenyns, Memoir of the Rev. J. S. Henslow (1862)] interesting but fears the public will think it dull.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Beete Jukes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 168: 91
Summary:
Elaborates his denudation theory: marine denudation works horizontally, atmospheric works vertically.
Answers point in CD’s letter on Sydney Harbour, N. S. W.
Who is the "goose" who reviews CD’s books in the Athenæum [review of Orchids, 24 May 1862]?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
30 May 1862
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/126
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 50
Summary:
Awaits instructions for sending lizard orchid.
Asks for a coloured plate of Malaxis paludosa so that he can find specimens for CD.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Wilhelmus Martinus van Breda; Logeman
To:
John Tyndall
Date:
Undated
Source of text:
24 (1862), pp. 126-7, Phil. Mag.
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Tyndall Project