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DCP-LETT-6661

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Chester Tait
Date:
12 and 16 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 147: 541; Sotheby’s (dealers) (19 July 1990)
Summary:

Thanks for specimen of Drosophyllum.

Describes capacity of various plants to catch flies.

Cannot name fern specimen.

Laugher pigeon descended from Columba livia.

Discusses tailless dogs.

Believes astronomical phenomenon responsible for oscillation of level of earth’s crust.

Would WCT like copy of Orchids?

Expected plants [Drosophyllum] have arrived.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP2219

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
13 March 1869
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 101-103
  • Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 2. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [p. 30]
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP4878

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
13 March 1869
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society: The Darwin-Lyell Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

SOMERVILLE337

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
HS 16.378, RS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

SOMERVILLE338

From:
John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
MSH 3 / 309, Dep. c. 370, Bod, MS
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse

DCP-LETT-6662

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 27)
Summary:

Translation of Für Darwin has been published [Facts and arguments for Darwin (1869)].

Discusses dimorphic plants, commenting on FM’s observations on Oxalis.

Is greatly interested in Eschscholzia, which seems somewhat more self-sterile in Brazil than in England.

Thinks FM’s grass is "most wonderful".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6662F

From:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Mar 1869
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (SP 859)
Summary:

Describes experiments with sterility in Abutilon.

Describes hermaphroditism in a wild Begonia in Brazil.

Has been observing humble bees on Salvia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13532

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Mary Somerville
Date:
[14 March 1869]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0760.4; Reel 1089 (C: RS:HS 16.378 & 24.251)
Summary:

Commentary on manuscript [Personal Recollections?] that [MS] sent to JH one month ago. Career of scientific learning and domestic happiness will inspire future generations. Suggests publishing it posthumously for greater impact. Corrects passages about Charles Babbage. Gives purpose, history, and membership of each of two Standards committees, one of 1819 and one of 1838. Suggests avoiding topic of bitter controversy over invention of electric telegraph.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6663

From:
Jean-Joseph-August-Ernest (Ernest) Faivre
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 176: 129
Summary:

EF is seeking a French editor for Orchids [1870]. Introduces L. Rérolle, his student. [See 6667.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP2220

From:
Charles Lyell
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
16 March 1869
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46435 ff. 104-110
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel11985

From:
William Allen Miller
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.347
Summary:

The Meteorological Committee of the R.S.L. is about to commence publishing the summary of the observation collected from the seven observatories. Would like JH's advice on method of publishing the barometric observations.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6666

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
17 Mar [1869]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 118–20
Summary:

Envies JDH’s Russian trip.

Thanks for information on Aucuba. Urges him to experiment – case "has highest physiological importance, not to mention Pangenesis".

Has heard that Huxley has been attacking views of Sir W. Thomson.

Has received 12 plants of Drosophyllum lusitanicum from Oporto.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6665

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 166: 318
Summary:

Last letter was written to be passed on for Lushington’s edification. "(Standing on the points of my toes and my tail very stiff)." Is tiring of controversy as a waste of time. Begins to understand CD’s sufferings over Origin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6667

From:
Louis Rérolle
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Mar 1869
Source of text:
DAR 176: 129
Summary:

LR undertakes translation of Orchids [1870]. Awaits CD’s new footnotes and intends to look at every flower CD mentions.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP4879

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Lyell
Date:
17 March 1869
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society: The Darwin-Lyell Collection
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

Herschel4269

From:
Charles Pritchard
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 March 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.105
Summary:

Suggests remedy for bronchitis problem in JH family. Young John Herschel's work on nebulae pleases CP. Comments on William Huggins's work on solar spectra.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-6668F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Cupples
Date:
18 Mar [1869]
Source of text:
Former collection of Pr. Georges Teissier (private collection)
Summary:

Suggests that Cupples weigh puppies from one week old, rather than two weeks old.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-69-03-18

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Richard Kippist
Date:
18 March 1869
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
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FVM-69-03-18a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
William Guilfoyle
Date:
18 March 1869
Source of text:
RB MSS 439c, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project

DCP-LETT-6668

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
18 Mar 1869
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 28)
Summary:

On English edition of Für Darwin; CD’s gratitude and admiration.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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