> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 79](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259125) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333425) QID Q1333425 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Darwin, Francis (1848-1925), British botanist, third son of Charles and Emma Darwin, educated at home and at Clapham Grammar School, 1866-1869 at Trinity Cambridge BA Cantab. 1870, 1869-1874 at the Brown Institute, MB 1875, with Sachs at Würzburg 1874-1876, from then on living at Down, at Cambridge University Lecturer 1884-1888, later University Reader 1888-1904, deputy to Charles Babington 1892-1895, died 19 Sep 1925 at Cambridge. **Abbreviated name**: *F. Darwin* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 420 (b. 18 Aug 1848, Down, Kent, d. 19 Sep 1925, Cambridge); BB p. 84-85; BM 1: 423; CSP 9: 639; Desmond p. 173-174; DSB 3: 581-582 (major source); Kew 2: 19-20; Rehder 5(index): 211. #### Biofile - Anon., Deut. Bot. Monatsschr. 7(3): 43. Mar 1889 (prof. of botany at Christ College); Bot. Centralbl. 111(29): 80. 20 Jul 1909 (Membre étranger Soc. Holland Sciences à Harlem); Nature 116: 583-584. 1920; The Times, 21 Sep 1925; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 78: 260. 1925; J. Bot. 63:333-334. 1925 (obit.); Who was who 1916-1928: 264; The manuscript papers of British scientists 1600-1940: 22. 1982; Royal Society Catalogue 7: 487, 9: 628, 12: 184, 14: 480. - Bower, F.W., Sixty Years of Bot. Britain 1875-1935: 78-79. 1938 (portr.). ### Publications ##### n.29.072. glandular bodies **Title** On the *glandular bodies* on *Acacia* sphaerocephala and Cecropia peltata... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal – Botany,... \[1876\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 23 Oct 1876 (in journal, read 1 Jun 1876), cover-t.p. (recto of p. \[398\]), p. \[398\]-409, *pl. 6.* *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15(86): 398-409, *pl. 6.* 1876. *Ref*.: Anon., Flora 59: 578. 21 Dec 1876 (rev.). - G.K., Bot. Zeit. 35: 261. 20 Apr 1877 (rev.). ##### n.29.073. protrusion **Title** On the *protrusion* of *protoplasmic filaments* from the glandular hairs of common Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris)... \[Quart. J. microsc. Sci.... 1877\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1877 (read 28 Feb 1877, Flora rd. 21 Sep-26 Oct 1877), cover (identif.), p. \[169\]-174. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Quart. J. microsc. Sci. 17: 169-174. 1877, \[not in reprint also: 17: 245-272. 1877, and Proc. roy. Soc. 26: 4-8. 1878\]. ##### n.29.074. Experiments **Title** *Experiments* on the nutrition of *Drosera rotundifolia*... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal – Botany,... \[1878\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Jul 1878 (in journal, read 17 Jan 1878), p. \[17\]-31, \[32 additional memorandum\]. *Copy*: B (1-31 and 32 are separately printed when extracted, p. 32 signed 6 Mai 1878). – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17(98): 17-31 \[32\]. 1878. *Ref*.: N.L., Bot. Zeit. 36: 701. 1 Nov 1878 (rev.). ##### n.29.075. leaves **Title** I. \[On\] The power possessed by *leaves* of placing themselves at *right angles* to the direction of incident light. – II. The theory of the growth of cuttings, illustrated by observations on the Bramble (Rubus fruticosus)... Biologisches Centralblatt... 1881. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Apr 1881 (date on p. \[33\] of reprint), \[33\]-38. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Biol. Centralbl. 1(2): 33-38. 1881. – This brief German text is a shortened text of 2 papers in J. Linn. Soc., Bot.: I, in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18(112): 420-455. 1881, II, in id. 18(111): 406-419. 1881. ##### n.29.076. Bloom **Title** On the relation between the "*Bloom*" *on leaves* and the distribution of the stomata... Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal-Botany... 1886. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Apr 1886 (in journal, read 4 Feb 1886, Flora 21 Oct 1886), p. \[99\]-116. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22(142): 99-116. 1886. ##### n.29.077. Insectivorous plants **Title** *Insectivorous plants*... London (John Murray,...) 1888. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Insectiv. pl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: *Ed. 1*: 1875 (see Ch. Darwin, above). *Ed. 2*: 1888, Revised by Francis Darwin, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-377, \[378 printer's mark\], 32 p. advert. *Copy*: U. *Ed. 2 six thousand*: 1893, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-377, \[378 printer's mark\]. *Copy*: U. ##### n.29.078. growth-curvatures in plants **Title** On *growth-curvatures in plants*... Cardiff (Rep. Brit. Assoc.) 1891. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1892, p. \[1\]-18. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rep. Meeting Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 61: 660-677. 1891. \[publ. 1892\]. ##### n.29.079. growth **Title** On the *growth* of the *fruit* of *Cucurbita*... Annals of Botany... 1893. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1893 (date on p. \[459\], Nat. Nov. Jan (1) 1894), p. \[459\]-487, *pl. 22-23.* *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 7(28): 459-487. 1893. *Ref*.: Düll, Bot. Zeit. Abth. II. 52: 299-300. 1 Oct 1894 (rev.). ##### n.29.080. Practical physiology **Title** *Practical physiology* of *plants*... Cambridge (Cambridge Natural Science manuals – Biological Series)... 1894. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pract. phys. pl.* **Notes** *Co-author*: Acton, E.H. *Publ*.: 1894 (Nat. Nov. Aug (1) 1894), p. \[i\]-xvii, \[1\]-321. *Copy*: B. ##### n.29.081. elements **Title** The *elements* of *botany*... Cambridge (Cambridge Natural Science manuals – Biological Series)... 1895. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Elem. bot.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1895 (Nat. Nov. Mai (2) 1895, Bot. Centralbl. 20 Mai 1895), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-235. *Copies*: BM, HH, NY. *Ed. 2*: 1895 (Nat. Nov. Nov (2) 1895), p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-235. *Copies*: BM, HH. – Stereotyped edition, Cambridge (Univ. Press). 1895. – See Rehder 1: 92. ##### n.29.082. ascent **Title** On the *ascent* of *water* in *trees*... London (Spottiswoods and Co., Rep. Brit. Ass., Section K) 1896. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov-Dec 1896, p. \[1\]-10. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rep. Meeting Brit. Ass. Adv. Sci. 66: 674-683. 1896. ##### n.29.083. Observations on stomata by a new method **Title** *Observations on stomata by a new method*... Extracted from the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society... \[1897\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Mar 1897 (in text, Nat. Nov. Dec (1) 1898), p. \[303\]-308. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 9(6): 303-308. 1897. ##### n.29.084. Observations on stomata **Title** *Observations on stomata*... London (published for the Royal Society, by Dulau and Co.,...) 1898. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 21 Nov 1898 (date on cover-t.p., Nat. Nov. Dec (1) 1898), cover-t.p., p. 531-621. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London Ser. B. 190: 531-621. 1898. *Ref*.: Benecke, W., Bot. Zeit. Abth. II. 57: 130-132. 1 Mai 1899 (rev.). ##### n.29.085. geotropism and **Title** On *geotropism and* the *localization* of the sensitive region... Annals of Botany... 1899. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Dec 1899 (in journal, Nat. Nov. Jan (1) 1900), *pl. 29*, p. \[567\]-574. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 13(52): 567-574, *pl. 29.* 1899. *Ref*.: Czapek, F.J.F., Bot. Zeit. Abth. II. 58: 75-76. 1 Mar 1900 (rev.). ##### n.29.086. Preliminary note **Title** *Preliminary note* on the *function* of the root-tip in relation to *geotropism*... Extracted from the Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society... 1901. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1901 (text rd. 7 Mar 1901), p. \[133\]-134. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 11(2): 133-134. 1901. ##### n.29.087. artificial **Title** On the *artificial* production of *rhythm in plants*. With a note on the position of maximum heliotropic stimulation... Annals of Botany... 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Dorothea Frances Matilda Pertz (1859-1939). *Publ*.: Jan 1903 (in journal, mss. signed on p. 106: 2 Aug 1902), p. \[93\]-106. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 17(65): 93-106. 1903. *Ref*.: Fitting, J.T.G.E., Bot. Zeit. Abth. II. 61: 296-297. 1 Oct 1905 (rev.). ##### n.29.088. statolith-theory **Title** The *statolith-theory* of *geotropism*... from the Proceedings of the Royal Society... \[1903\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1903, cover-t.p., p. \[362\]-373. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. London 71: 362-373. 1903. *Ref*.: Jost, L., Bot. Zeit. Abth. II. 62: 277-278. 24 Sep 1904 (rev.). ##### n.29.089. self-recording method **Title** On a *self-recording method* applied to the *movements* of *stomata*... \[Chicago\] (Printed at the University of Chicago Press) 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Feb 1904 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 81-105. *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Gaz. 37(2): 81-105. 1904. ##### n.29.090. On the perception of the force **Title** British Association for the Advancement of Science. Cambridge 1904. Address to the botanical section... *On the perception of the force* of gravity by plants... \[London (printed by Spottiswoode and Co. Ltd.,...)\] 1904. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1904 (Nat. Nov. Oct (1) 1904), p. \[1\]-15. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted (or preprinted, see Nat. Nov.) and to be cited from Rep. Meeting Brit. Ass. Adv. Sci. 74: 763-776. 1904 \[1905\]. ##### n.29.091. statolith theory **Title** Notes on the *statolith theory* of *geotropism*. – I. Experiments on the effects of centrifugal force. II. The behaviour of tertiary roots... From the Proceedings of the Royal Society... \[1904\]. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Dorothea Frances Matilda Pertz (1859-1939). *Publ*.: 1904, p. \[477\]-490. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Royal Soc., London 73: 477-490. 1904. *Ref*.: Jost, L., Bot. Zeit. Abth. II. 62: 279-281. 24 Sep 1904 (rev.). ##### n.29.092. geo-perception **Title** On the localisation of *geo-perception* in the cotyledon of *Sorghum*... From the Wiesner Festschrift... \[Wien (Verlagsbuchhandlung Carl Konegen) 1908\]. Oct. **Notes** *Note*: *Wiesner-Festschrift* im Auftrage des Festkomitees redigiert von K. Linsbauer, Wien 1908, viii, 548 p., *23 pl*. – See TL-2/7: p. 269-270. *Publ*.: 1908 \["Wiesner Festschrift 1907"\], cover-t.p., p. \[125\]-138. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from "Wiesner Festschrift": 125-138. 1908. *Ref*.: Fitting, J.T.G.E., Bot. Zeit. Abth. II. 66: 246-247. 7 Nov 1908 (rev.). ##### n.29.093. Address by Francis Darwin **Title** *Address by Francis Darwin*, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., President... Dublin 1908. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909 (date on p. 1 1908), p. \[1\]-25. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rep. Meeting Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 78: 3-27. 1908. (publ. 1909). ##### n.29.094. foundations **Title** The *foundations* of the *origin of species*. Two essays written in 1842 and 1844 by Charles Darwin. Edited by his son Francis Darwin honorary Fellow of Christ's College... Cambridge (At the University Press) 1909. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Found. orig. spec.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1909, p. \[i-ii\], portr., \[iii-v\], \[vii\]-xxix, \[xxx\], \[1\]-263, *1 uncol. pl. Copies*: U(orig.), U(1909/Kraus Reprint Co. New York 1969). ##### n.29.095. Fundamente **Title** Die *Fundamente* zur *Entstehung* der *Arten*. Zwei in den Jahren 1842 und 1844 verfasste essays von Charles Darwin. Herausgegeben von seinem Sohn Francis Darwin. Autorisierte Deutsche Übersetzung von Maria Semon mit einem Porträt Charles Darwins und einer Faksimiletafel... Leipzig und Berlin (Druck und Verlag B.G. Teubner) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fundam. Entst. Art.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1911, portr., p. \[i-iii\], \[v\]-viii, \[1\]-325, \[326\], *1 uncol. pl. Copy*: U. ##### n.29.096. method **Title** On a new *method* of *estimating* the *aperture of stomata*... From the Proceedings of the Royal Society... 1911. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Dorothea Frances Matilda Pertz (1859-1939). *Publ*.: 1911 (read 29 Jun 1911), cover-t.p., p. \[136\]-154. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. 84: 136-154. 1911. ##### n.29.097. studying transpiration **Title** On a method of *studying transpiration*... From the Proceedings of the Royal Society ... 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1914, cover-t.p., p. \[269\]-280. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. 87: 269-280. 1914. ##### n.29.098. effect **Title** The *effect* of *light* on the *transpiration* of *leaves*... From the Proceedings of the Royal Society... 1914. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1914, cover-t.p., p. \[281\]-299. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. 87: 281-299. 1914. ##### n.29.099. relation between transpiration and stomatal aperture **Title** On the *relation between transpiration and stomatal aperture*... \[Philosophical Transations of the Royal Society of London... 1916\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Mai 1916 (date on p. 413 of reprint, read 17 Jun 1915), cover-t.p., p. 413-437. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London ser. B. 207: 413-437. 1916. ##### n.29.100. Bewegungsvermögen **Title** Das *Bewegungsvermögen* der *Pflanzen* von Charles Darwin mit Unterstützung von Francis Darwin. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von J. Victor Carus... Zweite Auflage... Stuttgart (E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung (Erwin Nägele) 1919. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Beweg.-verm. Pfl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1919, p. \[iii\]-ix, \[1\]-506. *Copy*: U.