From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Aug [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 26
Summary:
Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
14 Aug 1873
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/21)
Summary:
Thinks THF has solved the mystery of Coronilla.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
14 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 103: 167–8
Summary:
Has observed CD’s points. Except for leaves of Nelumbium, would have supposed both wax and hairs were connected with absorption or respiratory functions. May subserve some function connected with rays of sun. Watering most prejudicial in the hot sun: a splendid subject for experiments.
Adam is a good man.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
Date:
15 Aug 1873
Source of text:
University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-13)
Summary:
Thinks it would be worth while testing for electrical changes in the leaves of insectivorous plants.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
15 Aug [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 271.3: 8
Summary:
Observations on bees’ biting holes in Lathyrus.
Suggests an experiment FD could carry out with Drosera.
CD is working on Mimosa, and "everything has turned out as perversely as possible".
Contributor:
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From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[16 or 17 Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 77: 140–1
Summary:
Gives his opinion on why tubes of peas split to the right of the loose stamens [inLathyrus sylvestris].
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
18 [Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 271.3: 9; DAR 271.4: 1
Summary:
Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
19 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 94: 272–3
Summary:
Asks JDH to inquire of gardeners at Kew what they think about injury to plants from watering during sunshine. Wishes to experiment. He is already convinced that drops of water do not act as burning lenses.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Charles John Plumptre
Date:
19 Aug [1873?]
Source of text:
Plumptre 1876, pp. 224–5
Summary:
Agrees François Delsarte’s view [that the eyes do not show emotion, only indicate the object of it], is probably wrong.
Contributor:
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From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 103: 160–1
Summary:
He and Strachey will arrive on Saturday.
Is aghast at thought of being questioned on injury to plants by watering. Fears he will be considered an ignorant Director of Kew.
Contributor:
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Herbert Spencer
Date:
21 Aug [1873]
Source of text:
University of London, Senate House Library (MS.791/322)
Summary:
Thanks for copy of HS’s Descriptive sociology [1873].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Gregory Walker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 181: 4
Summary:
African elephants cry when distressed.
Contributor:
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From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22 Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 106
Summary:
Experiments with Mimosa.
Contributor:
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From:
William Darwin Fox
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Aug [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 198/3, 199
Summary:
Thanks CD for a copy of Expression. Is always interested in CD’s work, but finds himself diverging from some of his leading ideas.
P.S. Has found shedding of toenails in a nephew as well.
Contributor:
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From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22 Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 103: 166
Summary:
Will arrive at Orpington by usual train.
Contributor:
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From:
John Traherne Moggridge
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 222
Summary:
He has added carbolic acid to the seed germination experiments and sends more results on the effect of formic acid. Formic acid inhibits mildew on dough but not on seeds.
Mildew never grows in ants’ nests.
Sends an account, from the Mishnah, of grain stored by ants.
Contributor:
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From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 77: 142–3
Summary:
Regrets that "our brush theory" is wrong.
Contributor:
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From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 107
Summary:
Experiments on Mimosa; effects of immersion.
Contributor:
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From:
Theodor Gomperz
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 165: 61
Summary:
Comments on Expression. Suggests solutions to some of CD’s unresolved problems. Widens the "Principle of Association", whereby gestures associated with one emotion can also come to accompany a second emotion. Confirms the occurrence of blushing in the dark. Considers CD’s use of the "principle of Conservation of Force"; outlines its larger applications.
Contributor:
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From:
Heinrich Ludwig Hermann (Hermann) Müller
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 302
Summary:
Fritz Müller is now working on the Brazilian honey-bees (Melipona and Trigona).
HM thanks CD for fertilisation references.
Contributor:
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Correspondent
- Darwin, C. R.
- Hooker, J. D.8
- Darwin, Francis5
- Farrer, T. H.4
- Burdon Sanderson, J. S.3
- Darwin, W. E.3
- Belt, Thomas2
- Meldola, Raphael2
- Moggridge, J. T.2
- Reade, W. W.2
- Brace, C. L.1
- Carus, J. V.1
- Chance, Frank1
- Darwin, G. H.1
- Davis, Mary1
- Fox, W. D.1
- Gardner, E. T.1
- Gomperz, Theodor1
- Haweis, J. O. W.1
- Kovalevsky, V. O.1
- Krefft, Gerard1
- Müller, Hermann1
- Plumptre, C. J.1
- Rye, E. C.1
- Spencer, Herbert1
- Strachey, Richard1
- Treat, Mary1
- Walker, W. G.1
- Wedgwood, F. J.1