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From:
William Spence
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
28 June 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 299
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
2 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A31–A35
Summary:
Sends a list of plants with stamps to pay the Hitcham girls who will collect seeds for him.
Describes his work with seeds in salt water.
For his experiments he would like seeds collected from plants that grow both near Hitcham and in the Azores.
Explains again what JSH should do in marking "close species".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
7 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A36–A37, A114
Summary:
Thanks JSH for seeds.
Clarifies his request about marking [London] catalogue [of British plants] – JSH is to mark those he thinks really are species, but which are very closely allied to some other species.
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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Phillips
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
7 July 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 252
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Leonard Horner
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
10 July 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 176
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
11 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A38–A39
Summary:
Asks for advice on establishing a control group in his experiments to produce sports and varieties of Lychnis diurna.
Seeks seeds of wild Dianthus for hybridising and producing varieties.
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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Bell
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
12 July 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 16
Summary:
Discusses crustacea analysis to be done by Bell and others, together with labourers’ horticultural show organised by JSH.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
William Spence
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
12 July 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 302
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
14 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A40–A41, A57
Summary:
Sends a list of 22 plants that grow at Hitcham and in the Azores and are, according to H. C. Watson, least likely to have been imported [by man]. Will pay the little girls of Hitcham liberally to collect the seeds for his experiments.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
21 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A98–A100
Summary:
Thanks JSH for all he has done. His botanical little girls are marvellous. His marking of the list of dubious species is what CD wanted. Explains that he wanted to ascertain whether closely allied forms belong to large or small genera.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
23 [July 1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A42
Summary:
Invites JSH to dine at CD’s brother’s house in London.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
28 July [1855]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A43–A44
Summary:
Delighted JSH can dine. Has invited Hooker.
Thanks him for Lychnis seed.
Asks for umbel of wild celery. Wants to ascertain whether wild or tame plants produce most seed.
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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. 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