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Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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  • … cross-pollination of orchids, as well as dimorphism in other flowers, provided evidence for his …
  • … [1863] ). The observation of insects entering and leaving flowers filled Darwin with pleasure. …
  • … cross-pollination by searching for and studying dichogamous flowers, those in which the stamens and …
  • … May [1863] ). The fertility of unopening, self-pollinated flowers (later called cleistogamic …
  • … ). Additionally, Darwin investigated the fertility of peloric flowers to determine whether the …
  • … of several papers published later, and of  Forms of flowers  and  Cross and self fertilisation , …
  • … 43). Many of his observations were later cited in Forms of flowers , and his help with the …
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