From:
Adalbert Adolf Mühry
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 12.377
Summary:
Brings JH news of AM's recent activity, including another book on climatology.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 Oct 1862
Source of text:
DAR 165: 121
Summary:
Sends Nesaea seeds for CD
and stamps for Leonard Darwin.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
27 [Oct 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 167
Summary:
Masdevallia turns out to be nothing wonderful, "I was merely stupid about it."
Asks for plants for experiments.
Hedysarum and Oxalis sensitiva seeds.
Asks whether Oliver knows of experiments on absorption of poisons by roots.
CD finds he cannot publish this year on Lythrum salicaria; he must make 126 additional crosses!
Asks for odd variations of common potato; he wants to grow a few plants of every variety.
Variation is crawling.
Has had some bad attacks lately.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
27 [Oct 1862]
Source of text:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 405 A. Gift of the Burndy Library)
Summary:
Hopes to be well enough on Friday to see JL.
Several of the family have had influenza.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Dr Thomas Anderson
Date:
27 October 1862
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.45-46, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Walter White
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[27 October 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.10.17; Reel 10
Summary:
Deposited £20 in JH's account at Drummond's Bank.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project