RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. [1874]. Abstract of 8vo pamphlets and American Naturalist. CUL-DAR75.126. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021. RN2

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8vo pamphlet

841

Meehan on fertilisation of Pedicularis p. 13 (X)

Meehan, Thomas. 1873. Fertilisation of Pedicularis canadensis. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia 25: 287. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 841] PDF

8vo pamphlet

858

Apocynum fertilisation of (X)

Leggett, William Henry. 1872-1873. Apocynum. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 3: 49-50; 4(6): 23. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 858] PDF

8vo pamphlet

867

Downing on advantage of crossing short horns bears on my work (X)

Downing, John. 1872. Private catalogue of the Ashfield herd of pure-bred shorthorns, the property of John Downing. London: Vinton and Son. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 867][CCD21]

American Nat.

1873 May p. 270

Beetle Meligethes go from flower of same species & so must carry pollen. (X)

White, Francis Buchanan. 1873. The influence of insect-agency on the distribution of plants. American Naturalist 7 (May): 268-271. PDF

American Nat.

1873 May p. 311.

Braun shows that Desmodium Triquetrum catch many insects by barbed hairs

Braun, A. 1873. A new fly-trap. American Naturalist 7 (May): 311. PDF

American Nat.

1873 July p. 464

on Pushing or bending stamen of Portulacca makes them move toward pushing object

Bessey, C. E. 1873. Sensitive stamens in Portulaca. American Naturalist 7 (July): 464-465. PDF

 

 

p. 480 Kitchener view of case of sensitivity of stigma of [illeg](X) [Amy has book on bed]

Kitchener, F. E. 1873. On cross-fertilization as aided by sensitive motion in  Musk and Achimenes. American Naturalist 7: 478-480. PDF

8vo pamphlet

(935)

Wilson fertilisation of cereals

Wilson, Alexander Stephen. 1873. Notes on the fertilisation of the cereals. Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 11: 506-510. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 935] PDF

American Nat.

Oct. 1873 p. 619

Riley on Yucca moth.

Riley 5th annual Report p. 150 on do.

— p. 131 on do.

Riley, Charles Valentine. 1873. On the oviposition of the Yucca moth. American Naturalist 7 (October): 619-623. PDF
Riley, Charles Valentine. 1871-1877. Third to ninth Annual reports on the noxious, beneficial, and other insects in the State of Missouri. 7 vols. Jefferson City: Horace Wilcox. CUL-DAR.LIB.543 PDF

 

Nov. 1873 p. 690

on Bees boring holes, (X) rather curious case.

Bailey, W. W. 1873. Perforation of Gerardia pedicularia by bees. The American Naturalist 7 (November): 689-690. PDF

 

April 1874 p. 223.

Translation of F. Müller on Abutilon

Müller, Fritz. 1874. Investigation respecting the fertilization of Abutilon. American Naturalist 8 (April): 223-226. PDF p. 226: "Darwin, with his accustomed keenness of vision, has expressed* the conjecture that this diminution of fertility, observed so many times, is not a consequence of their hybrid nature, but of too close breeding in-and-in, and I am glad to be able to offer, in the examples of diminished fertility and complete sterility as a consequence of too close breeding in-and-un, in Abutilon-hybrids, herewith communicated, a new proof of the accuracy of Darwin's hypothesis.
*Orig. Sp., 4th ed., 295."

Jäeger in Sachen Darwin p. 102 — good remarks on nectar & protection for other insects &c &c p. 104 origin of nectar (??)

Jäger, Gustav. 1874. In Sachen Darwin's insbesondere contra Wigand. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung (E. Koch). CUL-DAR.LIB.320PDF

Houzeau. vol. 2

p 487

(X)

quote says Aristotle knew that Bees stick to the same flower. & quotes Dobbs in Phil. Transact 1736 to same effect.

Houzeau, Jean-Charles. 1872. Études sur les facultés mentales des animaux comparées à celles de l'homme. 2 vols. Mons: H. Manceaux. [CUL-DAR240] vol. 1 PDF vol. 2 PDF

 


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