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EH88202575 Note: 1839--1882 Charles Darwin's Address Book. Text Image

fertilisation, pp. 10-11 and Darwin, 1869. The fertilisation of winter-flowering plants. Nature 1 (18 November): 85. Text Crowe J. R. Esq Consul General Christiania Norw John Rice Crowe (1792-1877), British consul-general in Norway, 1843-1875. Chancellor L. 40 Upper Brook St.— Robert Monsey Rolfe (1790-1868), 1st Baron Cranworth, Lord chancellor, 1852-1858 and 1865-1866. His country residence, Holwood Park, was a mile and a half north of Down House. Child Miss 40 Marine Parade Dover Untraced. A

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A512 Review: [Church, W. R.] 1860. [Review of] On the origin of species. Guardian (London) (8 February): 134-135. Text Image PDF

communications to the committee, by Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Erie (now Chief Justice of the Common Pleas), Mr. Justice Coltman, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice V. Williams, Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Mr. Baron Rolfe (the late Lord Chancellor), altogether by twelve Judges, besides the Chief Justice. As regarded Mr. M'Mahon's argument that, as there was no sufficient ground for any distinction between civil and criminal trials, the

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CUL-DAR48.A16 Note: 1860.05.23 Horse-chesnut from Ld Cranworth Park Text Image

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [A16] Horse-chesnut from Ld Cranworth Park. May 23. 1860 [Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth. Lord Cranworth's country residence, Holwood Park, was a mile and a half north of Down House.] One truss — 87 flowers second 177 third 158 fourth 185 say 150 on average. From Down. 140 rather small truss do 188 fine truss. I examined flowers from 6 different trees of Holwood in all it was clear that many male flowers considerably open before females so

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F3676 Book contribution: Darwin, C. R. 1968. [Letters Robert Monsey Rolfe, 10 November [1858] and Charles Layton, 24 November [1869]]. Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of valuable printed books. 20-21 May. London. Text

The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online [page] 375 DARWIN (CHARLES) [Letter to Robert Monsey Rolfe, 10 November [1858]] A.L.S., 2 1/2 pages, 8vo, Down, 10 November, [no year], to Lord Cranworth, returning thanks for a contribution to the Down Charities and explaining his own hermit-like existence, lightly attached to an album leaf . . not to accept your Lady Cranworth's kindness is a real loss of pleasure to me, but I find by dear-bought experience that going out at present knocks me up

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A856 Book: Walford Edward. 1884. Greater London: a narrative of its history, its people, and its places, vol. 2. London: Cassell Text Image

elms, is neatly kept. In it is the monument of Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron Cranworth, Lord Chancellor of England, who died in 1868. It consists of a flat grey granite tomb, with a large cross of red granite. Among other memorials in the churchyard is a marble slab, on which are recorded the deaths of Francis Hastings Toone, Esq., of Keston Lodge, and of his sister, the Countess of Dysart, and of her son, William Felix Tollemache, Lord Huntingtower. Near the lodge of Holwood, not far from the

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F1452.3 Book: Darwin, Francis ed. 1887. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. vol. 3. London: John Murray. Text Image PDF

that insufferable grief which the loss of poor dear Annie caused. And this seems to me perfectly natural, for one knows that for years previously * Robert Rolfe, Lord Cranworth, and Lord Chancellor of England, lived at Holwood, near Down. Sir Wm. Hooker; b. 1785, d. 1865. He took charge of the Royal Gardens at Kew, in 1840, when they ceased to be the private gardens of the Royal Family. In doing so, he gave up his professorship at Glasgow and with it half of his income. He founded the herbarium

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F1528.3 Book: Darwin, F. ed. 1889. Charles Darwins liv og breve med et kapitel selvbiografi. Translated by Martin Simon Søraas. Fagerstrand pr. Høvig: Bibliothek for de Tusen Hjem. Volume 3. Text Image PDF

aabent v sen. Jeg forstaar meget godt, hvad De siger om den forskjel, der er paa at miste en far og et barn. 1) Robert Rolfe, Lord Cranworhh og Lord Chancellor af England boede paa Holwood ved Down. F. D. 2) Sir Wm. Hooker, f. 1785, d. 1865. Han overtog opsynet med de kongelige» haver i Kew i 1840, da de opberte at v re kongefamiliens-privat-eiendom. Dermed opgav ban professorposten i Glasgow og halvparten af sine indt gter. Han grundede herbariet og bibliothe-ket; i l -bet af 10 aar rykkedes det

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A281 Pamphlet: 1908. The Darwin-Wallace celebration held on Thursday, 1st July, 1908 by the Linnean society of London. London: Printed for the Linnean Society. Text PDF

these hybrids have been proved experimentally. Exhibited (by permission of the Director, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew) by R. ALLEN ROLFE, A.L.S. 1. Odontoglossum crispum, Lindl., from Pacho, showing wide range of variation, with numerous blotched varieties (so-called) from the Pacho and Velez districts. 2. Odontoglossum crispum var. Lehmanni, from Popayan, showing small range of variation. 3. Species with which O. crispum grows intermixed in the Pacho and Velez districts. O. gloriosum, Linden

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A281 Pamphlet: 1908. The Darwin-Wallace celebration held on Thursday, 1st July, 1908 by the Linnean society of London. London: Printed for the Linnean Society. Text PDF

(gloriosum Lindleyanum). O. Hudsoni (gloriosum Hunnewellianum). 6. Artificial hybrids of O. crispum with species which grow ire different regions. O. armainvillierense (O. crispum nobile). O. crispo-Harryanum (O. crispum Harryanum). O. Lambeauianum (O. crispum Rolfe ). O. Thompsonianum (O. crispum Edwardii). Odontioda Bradshawiana (O. crispum Cochlioda Noetzliana). 7. Living plants and flowers of the species: O. crispum. Pacho and Velez. O. Lindleyanum. Pacho and Velez. O. luteopurpureum. Pacho. O

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A281 Pamphlet: 1908. The Darwin-Wallace celebration held on Thursday, 1st July, 1908 by the Linnean society of London. London: Printed for the Linnean Society. Text PDF

Reception, 65. Rolfe, R. A., Natural hybrid Odontoglossums shown, 67-72. Royal Astronomical Society, delegate, 55. Royal Irish Academy, delegate, 54. Royal Microscopical Society, address, 55; delegate, 55. Royal Society, delegate, 51. Royal Society of Edinburgh, address, 54; delegate, 54. St. Andrews University, address, 39; delegate, 39. Scharff, Dr. R. F., delegate, 54. Schools represented, 38. Scott, Dr. D. H., President, Address of welcome, 1; addresses to Medallists: (Galton) 24; (Haeckel

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A281 Pamphlet: 1908. The Darwin-Wallace celebration held on Thursday, 1st July, 1908 by the Linnean society of London. London: Printed for the Linnean Society. Text PDF

, 44. Manders, Col. N., insect variation, 74. Marine Biological Association, delegate, 56. Medal, illustrated, plate 2. Medallists, portraits, 121-134. Microscopical Society, Royal, address, 55; delegate 55. Mimicry in insects, 73. Minutes of Special General Meeting, 1st July, 1858, 81. Morgan, Prof. C. Ll., delegate, 46. Moulton, J. C., Evolution illustrated by insects, 73. Newall, H. F., delegate, 55. Nottingham University College, delegate, 46. Odontoglossums, natural hybrids shown (Rolfe), 67

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A36 Periodical contribution: Darwin Centenary Number. Christ's College Magazine. vol. XXIII, Easter Term, 1909. Text Image PDF

PLANTS NAMED AFTER DARWIN. The following list of plants dedicated to Darwin has been kindly compiled by Dr B. Daydon Jackson, General Secretary to the Linnean Society. Phanerogams. Abutilon Darwini, Hook. f. Bras. Baccharis Darwinii, Hook. Arn. Patagon. Berberis Darwinii, Hook. Chile. Bonatea Darwinii, Weale=Habenaria cassidea, Reichb. f. Calceolaria Darwinii, Benth. Reg. Magell. Catasetum Darwinianum, Rolfe Guiana. Carex Darwinii, Boott. Reg. Magell. Chiliotrichum Darwinii, Hook. f

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A2816 Periodical contribution: [Frederick Belding Power]. 1909. Biographical sketch of Charles Darwin and the Darwin commemoration at Cambridge. Text PDF

= Habenaria cassidea, Reichb. f. Calceolaria Darwinii, Benth.-Reg. Magell. Catasetum Darwinianum, Rolfe-Guiana. Carex Darwinii, Boott.- Reg. Magell. Chiliotrichum Darwinii, Hook. f.= Nardophyllum Darwinii, A Gray. Clinopodium Darwinii, Kuntze=Micromeria Darwinin, Benth. Colderia Darwinii, Gürke=C. dichotoma, Lehm. Eugenia Darwinii, Hook. f.-Chile. Fagelia Darwinii, Kuntze=Calceolaria Darwinii, Benth. Galapagoa Darwinii, Hook. f.=Colderia dichotoma, Lehm. [page] 51

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A162 Book: Seward, A. C. ed. 1909. Darwin and modern science. Essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Text Image PDF

attitude towards, 496 —Darwin's influence on the study of, 494-511 —and Magic, 504-511 Religious thought, Darwin's influence on, 477-493 Renard, on Darwin's work on volcanic islands, 371, 372 Reproduction, effect of environment on, 230-232 Reptiles, history of, 196, 197 Reversion, 68, 119 Rhinoceros, the history of the, 192, 193 Ridley, H. N., 1154 Riley, C. V., 280 Ritchie, 469 Ritual, 503 Roberts, A., 556-560, 5621 Robertson, T. B., 256, 258 Robinet, 7 Rolfe, R. A., 4071 Rolph, 461 Romanes, G

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A162 Book: Seward, A. C. ed. 1909. Darwin and modern science. Essays in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The origin of species. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Text Image PDF

point 1 Rolfe, R. A. On the sexual forms of Catasetum with special reference to the researches of Darwin and others, Journ. Linn. Soc. Vol. XXVII. (Botany), 1891, pp. 206-225. 2 Fertilisation of Orchids, p. 289. 3 He wrote in one of his letters, ...the destiny of the whole human race is as nothing to the course of vessels of orchids (More Letters, Vol. II. p. 275). [page] 40

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