From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
9 May [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 68
Summary:
CD believes few or none have attributed deaf-mutism to consanguineous marriages.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[11 May 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 23
Summary:
Julius von Sachs will "swear & curse" when he finds out he has missed sensitiveness of root apex. Has been putting his notes together and the case is conclusive. [Dated "Saturday 10th" by CD.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[13–26 May 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 26
Summary:
Has had conflicting information on the movement of radicles; wants FD to experiment with them.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Meehan
Date:
13 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 146: 356
Summary:
Criticises article by TM. "Such a manner of treating the work of other observers did not appear to me the way to encourage truth."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Ludwig
Date:
29 May 1878
Source of text:
DAR 146: 137
Summary:
Thanks FL for the Plantago specimens. FL’s view of the stages by which the plant has become gynodioecious seems very probable.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward William Fithian
Date:
[31 May 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 202: 101v
Summary:
Remits subscription as requested by EWF as the Knockholt & Chevening Footpath Fund [see 11535].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project