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From:
James Brooke
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
1 November 1865
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46441 ff. 12-13
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
George Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Nov 1865
Source of text:
DAR 166: 150
Summary:
Has made observations on pollination mechanism in Medicago sativa [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1867): 327–9], which his brother-in-law [J. D. Hooker] would accept. Wants to check that CD has not already made them.
Also sends interpretation of Salvia.
His observations come from following CD’s generalisation in Origin [p. 79] on necessity of out-crossing.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Langton, E. C.
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[November 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 219.8: 3
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Bartholomew Price
Date:
[1 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.58 (C: RS:HS 24.126)
Summary:
Offers solutions to some of the problems in BP's Infinitesimal Calculus about which BP asked [see BP's 1865-10-28]. Raises a problem in probability theory regarding archery targets for BP.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[1865-11]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207122 (C: RS:HS 24.130)
Summary:
Thanks WW for and comments on his suggestions on JH's translation of Book XXIV of Homer's Iliad.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Henslow
Date:
[2–5 Nov 1865]
Source of text:
Journal of the Linnean Society ( Botany ) 9 (1867): 328 n.
Summary:
Reports the results of an experiment to compare the weight of seeds produced in plants of [Medicago sativa] by self-pollination and by insect pollination.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Frederic William Farrar
Date:
2 Nov [1865]
Source of text:
University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 80)
Summary:
Has enjoyed FWF’s volume [Chapters on language]. Had found Max Müller’s theory obscure and weak.
Believes FWF would come to agree with him on species if he studied general questions in natural history. To argue for immutability of species on the basis of geology resembles a wise savage in a nation with no books saying his language has never changed.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
the Linnean Society of London
Date:
2 November 1865
Source of text:
Linnean Society, London, Certificates of Fellows, Foreign Members and Associates 1865-70
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Joseph Baxendell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 3.310
Summary:
Is sending the proofs of his recent communication for his correction.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[3 Nov 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 102: 43–6
Summary:
Kew affairs.
H. J. Carter’s observations are wonderful but want verification.
Skeptical of H. H. Travers’ observations.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 November 1865
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library: DAR 102: 43-6
Summary:
Hooker remarks that ARW has "turned table turner".
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Whewell
Date:
[3 November 1865]
Source of text:
TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.207119 (C: RS:HS 24.127)
Summary:
Sends Book XXIV of JH's Iliad translation. Pleased with his translation, but worries whether a publisher will take it. JH's daughter Maria enjoyed visiting WW; daughter Amelia arriving soon.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Whewell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 18.219
Summary:
Delighted by visit from JH's daughter Maria and her new husband. Looks forward to meeting Mr. Prescott [see JH's 1865-10-22].
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
5 Nov 1865
Source of text:
Möller ed. 1915–21 , 2: 76–7.
Summary:
Thanks CD for the copy of Orchids and papers on Linum and Lythrum [Collected papers 2: 93–105; 106–31].
Intends to travel to the River Itajahy and will make observations on climbing plants. Is not sure whether Dalbergia is a winding plant.
CD has changed FM’s whole perception of nature.
CD has helped him to understand distribution of coastal flora.
The vegetation on Desterro is changing.
Louis Agassiz is seeking evidence against transmutation in the distribution of the fish in the Amazon.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Frederic William Farrar
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Nov 1865
Source of text:
DAR 164: 35
Summary:
Grateful for CD’s approval of Chapters on language.
Is inclined to believe that the races of man were primordially distinct.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Nov 1865
Source of text:
DAR 165: 149
Summary:
Discusses "Climbing plants" and his own abstract of it.
CD should publish results of self-fertilising dimorphic plants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 Nov 1865
Source of text:
DAR 166: 151
Summary:
Pleased CD confirms his observations on Salvia.
Spring action of Medicago stamens described.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Mrs Susan Emma Smith
Date:
6 November 1865
Source of text:
JDH/2/23/2 f.1, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Neil Arnott
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[7 November 1865]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.410
Summary:
Thanking him for his note. Relates events while in India.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Friedrich Franz, Grand-Duke of Mecklenburg
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
9 November 1865
Source of text:
RB MSS M200a.35, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project