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1847 Gardeners Chronicle

71. On difference of weight of cocoon & of silk in silkworm from different places

Whitby, Mrs. 1847. On the cultivation of the mulberry, and the growth of the silkworm in this country. Gardeners' Chronicle (30 January): 71.

91 Hares prefer a particular var. of Swede Turnip, & destroy it most
I am sure I have read of other Cruciferae being planted to resist the Haltica

L. M. 1847. Relative value of different kinds of Swedes. Gardeners' Chronicle (6 February): 91.

207 Camellia — sport- Hexagonal flowers 472 Sport in Moss Roses

[Lindley, John]. 1847. Horticultural Society's Garden. Gardeners' Chronicle (27 March): 207-208.
[Lindley, John]. 1847. Sporting plants. Gardeners' Chronicle (17 July): 472.

244 Remarks on wheat new vars. not generally been found in fields — attributes to Birds — I doubt — says Olives will not germinate without passing through Turkey. Fruit-trees being thus formed shows that it is not even conspicuousness of wheat plant in Hedge. (? only very vigorous wheat fruit in Hedge — Can they be offspring of wheat given in Hedge — 2 generations given in wild How few fruit-tree might in proportion to have been found wild

Suffolciensis. 1847. Wheat. Gardeners' Chronicle (10 April): 244.

268 On excessive case to prevent Carnation being naturally crossed by Pinks

Ponsort, Baron de. 1847. The cultivation of the carnation in France. Gardeners' Chronicle (24 April): 267-268.

271 On the hybrid Erythrina (raised by Sir W. Macarthur as he told me)

W. H. 1847. Erythrina Bidwillii. Gardeners' Chronicle (24 April): 271. William Macarthur (1800-1882), Australian horticulturist and amateur botanist. He met Darwin in 1857. Darwin mentioned Macarthur in: Darwin, C. R. 1858. On the agency of bees in the fertilisation of papilionaceous flowers, and on the crossing of kidney beans. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 46 (13 November): 828-829.

307 Loss of colour in Cameillia from being forced

M'Ewen, George. 1847. Regent's Park Gardeners' Society. Gardeners' Chronicle (8 May): 307.

342 Some pears are so refractory on Quince, that they have to regrafted do p. 373 Pear stock Rivers

Constant reader. 1847. Root prunced pear trees. Gardeners' Chronicle (8 May): 342.
Rivers, Thomas. 1847. Management pear trees. Gardeners' Chronicle (5 June): 372-373.

390 Strong hereditary wild variety of Viola

Watson, Hewett Cottrell. 1847. Examples of true Viola flavicornis. Gardeners' Chronicle (12 June): 390.

539 On selection of fertile Hautbois (when I discuss dioicous plants reuse case) Male Plants beating out female plants (X)

Anon. 1847. Hautbois strawberry. Gardeners' Chronicle (14 August): 539.

541 Female Walnut p 558 do & mulberry (X) Strawberries

J. F. 1847. The walnut. Gardeners' Chronicle (14 August): 541.

✓ 557 Buckman on saline plants in middle of Worcestershire

Buckman, James. 1847. On the occurrence of marine plants in Worcestershire. Gardeners' Chronicle (21 August): 557.

676 On first plumage of Guinea-fowls — of piebald sort

[Dixon, Edmund Saul]. 1847. In answer to "C.D.'s" questions on the Guinea-fowl. Gardeners' Chronicle (9 October): 676. PDF
This article is a previously unrecognised reply to a lost letter from Darwin about young Guinea fowl, which was not printed in the Gardeners' Chronicle, but answered in print addressed to his initials, a common practice. Darwin had probably written to Dixon after reading his previous article:
[Dixon, Edmund Saul]. 1847. Ornamental poultry. No. I.—The Guinea fowl. Gardeners' Chronicle (18 September): 626-627. PDF
This seems to explain the full meaning and context of the letter fragment from Dixon to Darwin, re-dated [September–October 1847] in Correspondence vol. 30, p. 497. The editors of the Correspondence note that Darwin wrote to J. D. Hooker on 6 October 1847 that Darwin had "struck up a cordial correspondence with a first-rate man, the author of the articles on Ornamental Poultry in Gardener's Chronicle." That man was the clergyman and poultry expert Edmund Saul Dixon (1809-1893). He is listed in Darwin's recently published Address Book (EH88202575).
Dixon wrote in that letter fragment: "I remember your question about the young Guinea-fowl, but not then being aware of the drift of it, fear that the answer was a random one & did not state what you wanted."
The "answer" is his note in the 9 October 1847 Gardeners' Chronicle, which the editors of the Correspondence unfortunately missed. (We have sent word of this for their records.) Dixon continued: "I may now say that in new-hatched chicks it is all too late to look for the embryotic resemblances (I suppose like those mentioned in the Vestiges of Creation) to which you refer." It is a pity that Darwin's letter to Dixon has not survived. It is a tantalising clue that Dixon did not at first realise Darwin's "drift", and that, apparently in a subsequent letter mentioning Vestiges (1844), the evolutionary relevance of Darwin's query was made clearer as Dixon noted "I may now say...", i.e. in light of Darwin's subsequent clarification.
From the second half of the 20th century it became fashionable and then orthodoxy that Darwin must have kept his evolutionary views secret. A common claim to support this view is that Darwin saw the hostile reception of Vestiges and therefore put away his recently drafted 1844 essay on his species theory. Although this is repeated in the literature on Darwin extremely often, it is a modern invention. Darwin had already finished his essay and returned to work on Beagle publications before the Vestiges was published later that year. This modern mistake of 'Darwin's delay' was exposed in John van Wyhe, 'Mind the gap', 2007 and Dispelling the darkness (2013), Chapter 10 which include abundant evidence of Darwin referring openly to his evolutionary work to others, even total strangers. And there is Darwin's explicit statement in the last edition of Orign of species that "I formerly spoke to very many naturalists on the subject of evolution, and never once met with any sympathetic agreement." p. 424.
In the 'Index to annotations by Darwin in his copies of Gardeners' Chronicle; List of the numbers of special interest to Darwin and kept by him in separate parcels, 1847-71' in CUL-DAR222.1 (Text), these two articles by Dixon are listed. See also: Darwin, C. R. 1844. [Quotation from lost letter to Lindley agreeing that transmutation in plants is well worth investigation]. In [John Lindley]. [Editorial] TRANSMUTATION OF CORN…one kind of plant changing to another. Gardeners' Chronicle (23 November): 779. Text F3455

763 G. Gordon urges on making hybrids & in & in.
M.S Many fancy & Mule Pelargonium are fertile. Sweet on Hybrids being true.

Gordon, George. 1847. Pelargoniums. Gardeners' Chronicle (20 November): 763.

 

1848

51 on kind of adaptation of American fruit to our climate

Anon. 1848. Orchard fruit of the United States. Gardeners' Chronicle (22 January): 51.

268 case of self-sown Alpina coming up — evidently rare, only case in lot

Cameron, David. 1848. Extracts from my note book. Gardeners' Chronicle (22 April): 268.

323 In crossing Dorkings & Game, supernumerary toe disappears.

Dixon, Edmund Saul. 1848. Ornamental poultry: The Speckled Dorking. Gardeners' Chronicle (13 May): 322-323.

382 variation in hybrids

 

1849

25 In Pigeon apple, only 4 seed cells instead of 5. — Q

Anon. 1849. Names of fruits. Gardeners' Chronicle (13 January): 24.

101 Curious facts on variation from grafting of Walnuts — on Heredity vars. of do & effect of Grafting of do.

Cardan, M. 1849. Observations on the vegetation of the common walnut (Juglans regia). Gardeners' Chronicle (13 January): 101. [Cited in Variation 2: 260 with wrong year, 1848.]

203 on Selection of seed in time of Roman or Greek?

Ratho, J. M. 1849. History of agriculture. Gardeners' Chronicle (13 January): 202-203.

205 on selection of hairless Pigs & Tailless!

W. C. S. 1849. Pigs and their tails. Gardeners' Chronicle (31 March): 205.

228 Cionus known that Verbascum & Scrophularia are allied

Westwood, John Obadiah. 1849. Cionus Scrophulariae. Gardeners' Chronicle (14 April): 228.

✓ 355. Rhubarb & Hemp different chemical properties grown in this country Ch. 8

Anon. 1849. Connection between climate and vegetation. Gardeners' Chronicle (9 June): 355.

549 Cases of plants having apetalous & perfect flowers (x) (abortions) [Fertilisation]

Anon. 1849. Diseases of plants. Gardeners' Chronicle (1 September): 549.