From:
William Mackmurdo Hacon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 166: 16
Summary:
Further codicil to CD’s will to settle £14000 instead of £12000 on each child.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 164: 89
Summary:
What does Torbitt propose to do with CD’s £100; does he want another £100 now or soon?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
20 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 148: 102
Summary:
Discusses sterility of potato flowers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Caird
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
21 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 161: 1
Summary:
Success of James Torbitt’s potato experiments so far does not warrant an application for Government aid.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
21 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 102
Summary:
Asks how much aid JT requires [for potato experiments].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Edward Ramsay
Date:
22 March 1878
Source of text:
ML MSS.562, Letters to E. P. Ramsay 1862-91, Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Raphael Meldola
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 171: 126
Summary:
Encloses proof of the Entomological Society’s Proceedings for February to show the use he has made of Fritz Müller’s letter [see 11319].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[23 March 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 168
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
From:
Franklin Society
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 230: 60
Summary:
CD elected an honorary member of the Franklin Literary Society, who would like to commission a life-size portrait of him.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
24 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Summary:
Asks RM to send a copy of the Entomological Society’s Proceedings to Fritz Müller.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 178: 142
Summary:
Sales of [potato] varieties have reduced amount of money needed [for experiments].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 178: 143
Summary:
Thanks for CD’s criticism and advice. The difficult question of whether varieties "wear out".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood
Date:
24 Mar [1878-80]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 4251: 333)
Summary:
Asks her to observe seedlings of Neottia breaking the surface to see whether the flower stems grow straight up or form arches, and whether they secrete water that softens the surrounding ground.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
25 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 469–70
Summary:
CD and Frank think they have proved that function of plant sleep is to protect leaves from injury by chilling radiation. Requests plants for experiment to determine whether underside of leaf is hardier than upper.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Innes Rogers
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
25 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 176: 196
Summary:
Suggests movements of sensitive plants may protect against insects.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
26 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 95
Summary:
James Caird does not think Torbitt’s success justifies application to Government. Torbitt has four acres planted with seedlings. Has sent back CD’s £100. Shall CD insist that he keep it?
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Otto Carl Alfred (Alfred) Moschkau
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 171: 252
Summary:
Describes hereditary defect in ear muscle.
Discusses influence of wet nurse on infant.
Describes talking starlings.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Mackmurdo Hacon
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 166: 17
Summary:
Sending the further codicil to CD’s will.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Raphael Meldola
Date:
27 Mar [1878]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
Summary:
Thinks RM may like to see the enclosed [Fritz Müller letter].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
Date:
27 Mar 1878
Source of text:
The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 45)
Summary:
Thanks FM for letter of 22 Feb [not found] on Lepidoptera. Will send it to Entomological Society to be read. FM’s earlier letters produced best discussions of the season.
Thanks for seeds of Viola.
He and Francis [Darwin] are at work on biology of seedling plants and wish to observe how the flowers penetrate the earth.
The Pontederia did not germinate, probably pressed too much [in post].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project