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HENSLOW-662

From:
Sir B. Brodie
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
20 August 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 35
Summary:

Writes regarding additions to Brodie’s local village library by JSH’s daughter and sister, together with JSH’s recent visit to his estate, Broome Park, Surrey.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1748

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
23 [Aug or Sept] 1855
Source of text:
DAR 93: A112–13
Summary:

Asks JSH to identify an umbellifer.

Describes his efforts to compare number of seeds of wild and cultivated plants.

Asks that more wild celery be collected and seeds counted. Seeks to verify whether "most typical form produces most seed" and whether cultivation lessens fertility.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-663

From:
Sir B. Brodie
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 August 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 36
Summary:

Writes positively about a report on schools written by JSH, particularly the benefits for children of learning by rote. Says he is unsurprised that JSH has some ‘bad folks’ among allotment scheme as this is human nature.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-409

From:
William Wilson
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
25 August 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 357
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1104

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
27 August 1855
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 32
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-410

From:
J. E. Gray
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
3 September 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 161
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-411

From:
William Wilson
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
17 September 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 358
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-412

From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
24 September 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 175
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-413

From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 September 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 179
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-414

From:
William Spence
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
28 September 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 300
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-417

From:
Richard Dawes
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
October 12 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 109
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1765

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
12 Oct [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A117–18
Summary:

Is impressed by all JSH is doing with his lectures and exhibitions at Hitcham.

Has read admirable Hooker MS on variation, geographical range, etc. [Introductory essay to the Flora Indica (1855)].

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-1105

From:
J. S. Henslow
To:
Thomas Martin
Date:
12 Oct 1855
Source of text:
Bury St Edmunds Public Record Office FL586/13/1: 37
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-419

From:
John Phillips
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 October 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 253
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1770

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
29 Oct [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A101–A102
Summary:

Gives directions for sending seeds collected at Hitcham. The Lychnis and Myosotis have come up. Will begin their "torments" next spring [i.e., experiments to produce "sports"].

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3037

From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 November 1855
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project

DCP-LETT-1778

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
10 Nov [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A103–A105
Summary:

Thanks for seeds. Feels "almost foiled" in his experiments on sea transport – has found few plants that float after more than a week’s immersion.

Sends a list of queries [see 1779] on hollyhocks to put to growers.

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DCP-LETT-1779

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
12 Nov 1855
Source of text:
DAR 206: 39
Summary:

Draft of queries on the varieties of hollyhocks. [To be transmitted to William Chater by JSH; probably enclosed with 1778.]

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-420

From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
18 November 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 180
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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HENSLOW-654

From:
Archibald Billing
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
22 November 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 27 & 27(ii)
Summary:

Mainly discusses the character and achievements of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward in positive terms, including the invention and properties of the Wardian case.

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Henslow Correspondence Project
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