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Kew

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 938 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

2 nectar holes in all [listed varieties of Lathyrus], 1873-09-07

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 77: 33V
Scope and Contents

[note of subject on verso side]


Note; by Sir George Howard Darwin pp-and Charles Robert Darwin on reverse of unrelated notes by Sir George Howard Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1873-09-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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A Catasetum sent me from Kew with all sepals & petals green reflexed (except labellum) & spotted minutely with green [application of alcohol], 1862-06-07

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 70: 96-97
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1862-06-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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A curious Catasetum sent me from Kew with Lab[ellum] upwards & this is found with a bracket with small oval orifice, 1862-07-29

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 70: 98r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1862-07-29
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Abutilon from seed from F Muller St Catharina also f[ound] it self-sterile, 1871-01-01 - 1871-12-31

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 76: B101r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1871-01-01 - 1871-12-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Acacia, 1873-11-09

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.12: 1r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Emma Darwin née Wedgwood pp Charles Robert Darwin; written at Kew


(Note)

Dates: 1873-11-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Acacia [application of water, ether], 1873-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.12: 4-10
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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; much in hand of Emma Darwin née Wedgwood


(Note)

Dates: 1873-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Acacia like antheriformis[?] but distinct from Kew / One branched with leaves sponged with tepid water & 2 left with slight bloom on, 1877-11-09 - 1877-11-14

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 67: 37r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1877-11-09 - 1877-11-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Aldrovanda / Kew / Leaves in whorls[?] extraordinarily like Dionaea - footstalks foliaceous [application of carbonate of ammonia, urea], 1809-10-01 - 1882-10-03

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 60.2: 6-7
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin small part by Sir Francis Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-10-01 - 1882-10-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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All the Oxalis go to sleep in Hot-house - leaves droop & each leaflet slightly folds [application of chloroform], 1863-03-31 - 1863-04-09

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 66: 1-2
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1863-03-31 - 1863-04-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Arachis hypogaea, 1878-07-31 - 1878-08-24

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.11: 214b-215
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1878-07-31 - 1878-08-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Bloom / Melilotus coerulea / Melilotus italica / Atriplex hortensis / Lotus ornithopodoides / Melilotus officinalis / Sida coronopifolia[?] / Sida retusa / Arachis hypogaea [application of ether, water], 1874-05-01 - 1874-07-31

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 66: 35-39
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; See items 36 and 37 part by Sir Francis Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1874-05-01 - 1874-07-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Byblis grandiflora Kew dry, 1874-10-16

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 57: 134
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1874-10-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Cassia, 1873-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.4: 108r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin [wmk] 'Carew Co'


(Note)

Dates: 1873-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Cassia mimosoides from Kew [application of water], 1874-07-18

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.1: 19
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin in with diagram


(Note)

Dates: 1874-07-18
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Cassia tosa [application of water], 1877-11-07

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.12: 74r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin [wmk:] 'Venetian Vellum Laid C&S'


(Note)

Dates: 1877-11-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Comparing the first two columns the crossed are more irregular than the selfs in the proportion of 145 : 100, 1845-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 77: 17r
Scope and Contents

[written on front side of envelope]


Note; by Sir George Howard Darwin pp-and Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1845-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Cuphea lanceolata / short-stamens face true homological sepals, 1862-09-05

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 109: B2r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin; written at Kew


(Note)

Dates: 1862-09-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Desmodium gyrans [application of sulphuric ether, water, sulphuric acid, chloroform], 1873-10-07 - 1873-12-12

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.12: 89-119
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin diagrams by Leonard Darwin], 13-26, 26a-26b, 27-31, [32], 33-38, 40; some in hand of Emma Darwin née Wedgwood; See item 114 by Leonard Darwin; See item 115 on reverse of few lines from draft text of 'Expression'[?] p unknown


(Note)

Dates: 1873-10-07 - 1873-12-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Dionaea [application of carbonate of ammonia, glycerine, alcohol, acetic acid, iodine, 1881-01-01 - 1881-12-31

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 52: F73-F83
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1881-01-01 - 1881-12-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Dionaea from Kew [application of carbonate of ammonia], 1860-10-12

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 54: 2-3
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1860-10-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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D[rosera] capensis (Kew) / Limb of leaf elongated narrowing gradually narrowing towards apex [application of nitrate of ammonia], 1809-09-16 - 1882-09-16

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 60.1: 136-137
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-09-16 - 1882-09-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Drosera filiformis from Kew, 1809-09-11 - 1882-09-16

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 60.1: 131-132
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-09-11 - 1882-09-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Drosera heterophylla from Australia Sondera (Lindley) dry from Kew, 1874-10-16

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 57: 137r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Sir Francis Darwin pp Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1874-10-16
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Drosera spathulata Australian from Kew, 1860-09-27 - 1860-09-28

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 54: 5r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1860-09-27 - 1860-09-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Drosera spathulata[?] from Kew / Put 1/2 minim of N[itrate] of Ammonia 3 gr to 1 oz - in 6h some Hairs inflected [application also of gum, carbonate of ammonia], 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 60.1: 135
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.