C. G. Ehrenberg wants specimen grasses from Ascension Island.
Showing 61–80 of 878 items
The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
C. G. Ehrenberg wants specimen grasses from Ascension Island.
If JDH can send grasses CD will write to Ehrenberg enclosing them.
Is pleased JDH will attend to polymorphism and also with the botanical relation, as stated by JDH, between Africa and Java.
Would welcome any information on impregnation in the bud.
CD’s suggestions for improving a paragraph by JDH.
On distribution of certain species and their variation relative to a central, typical form.
Interested in sterility of alpine plants in lowland and sterility of some plants in cultivation.
Curious to see Galapagos paper.
CD brought some plants in spirits from Tierra del Fuego. Did JDH see them?
Problems of explaining formation of coalfields. Comments on recent work on coal formation.
Regrets he cannot visit JDH.
Has been talking with Lyell about coal, which he finds utterly perplexing.
Is delighted with the generalisations in latest numbers of Flora Antarctica.
Has nearly finished South America.
Pleased to hear JDH has worked out identical and representative species of N. Temperate and Antarctic regions.
Geoffroy Saint Hilaire’s "loi du balancement" as applied to plants.
CD jaded by, but has nearly completed, South America.
Hopes to start looking over his species notes in about a year.
Very much enjoyed Southampton [meeting of BAAS, 9–12 Sept].
Sulivans are coming on Friday. Can JDH come?
Can JDH bring a good book on Corallina or Nullipora of Lamarck?
CD intends writing paper on their propagation.
Will be in London tomorrow and will try to pop over to Kew.
Many thanks for JDH’s beautiful cirripede drawing. Questions on JDH’s observations.
Observations on barnacles.
Would like to meet JDH in London.
Will JDH be in London?
Cirripede observations.
Proposes to visit Kew.
Will come to Kew on Friday.
CD’s visit to Kew.
Has read JDH’s paper ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 116–233] and thinks it the best essay on geographical distribution he has ever met with. Comments on the paper.
Hopes JDH can come to stay in January.
Thanks for the corallines.
Mention of JDH’s capital speech.