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From:
Thomas Belt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 160: 128
Summary:

Sends extracts, from his forthcoming book [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)], about the secretion by plants of honey to attract the protection of ants. Invites CD’s comments.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Belt
Date:
[7 Aug 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 78
Summary:

Discusses utility of plant secretions to ants.

Will read TB’s book when published [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)].

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From:
Thomas Belt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 46.2: C58–9
Summary:

Has observed in his garden hive-bees using the holes bored at the base of flowers by humble-bees.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Belt
Date:
31 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 143: 79
Summary:

Comments on bees.

Praises TB’s The naturalist in Nicaragua.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Belt
Date:
3 Dec [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 80
Summary:

Invites TB to visit. Wants to make his acquaintance.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Belt
Date:
24 Feb 1875
Source of text:
DAR 143: 81
Summary:

Will not come to London for some weeks. Hopes to make TB’s acquaintance.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Belt
Date:
31 Mar [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 143: 82
Summary:

Has just come to London. Invites TB to luncheon.

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From:
Thomas Belt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Apr 1875
Source of text:
DAR 160: 129
Summary:

Sends reference to Codrington paper on gravels ["The superficial deposits of the south of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 26 (1870): 3–28]. Comments on local gravels in railway cutting and the violent agency of their removal from hills.

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From:
Thomas Belt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Oct 1875
Source of text:
DAR 160: 130
Summary:

Reports observations of T. C. Renshaw on how some flowers of the Tritoma catch bees and other insects. Thinks it may be a contrivance against unbidden visitors, as insects caught are not consumed.

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From:
Thomas Belt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 18] Jan 1877
Source of text:
DAR 202: 14
Summary:

TB is seeking a Government grant through the Royal Society so that he can give up his business and pursue his work on the glacial period; wants CD to support him with a note to Hooker.

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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Belt
Date:
18 Jan 1877
Source of text:
DAR 143: 83
Summary:

Thinks it would be a serious mistake for TB to give up his profession. How the Royal Society will distribute funds is as yet very uncertain, and CD feels that TB may well receive no support as his proposal is too theoretical.

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From:
Thomas Belt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Jan 1877
Source of text:
DAR 160: 131
Summary:

Thanks for CD’s frank criticism of his views.

Hooker advises him to apply for aid to work out glaciation between Pyrenees and Alps.

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