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From:
Charles Roach Smith
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
1 August 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 322
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Sir B. Brodie
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
3 August 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 34
Summary:
Arranges for a visit by JSH to Brodie’s estate, Broome Park, Surrey.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
15 August 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 230
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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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
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.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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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.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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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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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