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DCP-LETT-3585G

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 Aug 1862]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 13)
Summary:

Suggests sending plant specimens. Asks about visit of Emma and the boys.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3675

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Aug 1862
Source of text:
DAR 162: 90
Summary:

WED has been collecting Lythrum plants. Numerical proportions of the three forms.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7652

From:
George Biddell Airy
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 August 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.1.6; Reel 10
Summary:

Ferry delayed by 19 July hurricane. Studying classical granite veins in Glen Tilt under [J. D.] Forbes's tutelage. Not disturbed by cost overrun of JH's catalogue of nebulae, but sorry that JH is 'so much vexed.' Simply tell R.S.L. committee that JH needs more money; do not worry about scruples.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

JHC1350

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
?-8?-1862?
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.140, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-3676

From:
John Obadiah Westwood
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Aug 1862
Source of text:
DAR 181
Summary:

Bee with adhering orchid pollinia lent to Charles Daubeny. Pollen-masses shaken off but if CD still interested he is welcome to specimen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3678

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[2–3 Aug 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 70, DAR 210.6: 102
Summary:

Discusses Lythrum, "a really wonderful case"; asks WED to make observations and collect specimens; sends a diagram which shows what crosses he believes are fertile.

Would like George to watch bees visiting the flowers; wants some pods from different forms to compare shapes and count seeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-0640

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[2 August 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 1
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters

DCP-LETT-3677

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Aug [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 91
Summary:

Sends specimens of the three forms of Lythrum. Remarks on the numerical proportions of different forms.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel7690

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 August 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.6.5; Reel 10
Summary:

Positions of new comet, calculated from 'Florence observations.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4204

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
2 August 1862
Source of text:
IC MS HP16.10
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

Herschel7147

From:
Augustus De Morgan
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 August 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.357
Summary:

His family are now by the sea in Wales. Comments on translations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-3681

From:
Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 4 Aug 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 64
Summary:

Proportions of different forms of Lythrum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3679

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Aug 1862
Source of text:
DAR 110 (ser. 2): 67–9
Summary:

Gives J. T. Rothrock’s observations on the structure and fertility of the two forms of Houstonia. Mentions his own observations on Rhexia virginica and Gymnadenia tridentata.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3680

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Aug [1862?]
Source of text:
DAR 173: 57
Summary:

Finds many beautiful Epipactis specimens.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

JHC1123

From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
4 August 1862
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.41-44, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project

DCP-LETT-4373

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams; Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Date:
4 [Aug 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 127
Summary:

Their enumeration [of forms of Lythrum?] is invaluable. He will write later to explain what he is trying to prove about Lythrum through laborious crosses.

Asks for flowers of both forms of Hottonia to measure pollen and compare stigmas.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-3683

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Aug 1862
Source of text:
DAR 27.2 (ser. 2): 32 bis, DAR 162: 92
Summary:

Has read CD’s long letter on Lythrum and agrees with it. Is examining the pollen of the different types.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel1702

From:
George Smith
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[5 August 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.188
Summary:

Paper prepared by JH is judged as being 'too deep' for the readers of the Cornhill Magazine.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-3671

From:
George Howard Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 5 Aug 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 90.1
Summary:

Describes insects caught while visiting Lythrum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FL-0429

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[after 6 August 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 60
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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