From Friedrich Hildebrand 6 December 1876
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Repeated maize crosses without success: i.e., in most cases yellow and red varieties did not produce fertile offspring.
| Author: | Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 6 Dec 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 214 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10701 |
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- … with the same success. Young plants of Drosophyllum I found covered with a large quantity …
- … of sundews) from Insectivorous plants . Drosophyllum is a genus of insectivorous plants …
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Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … On sending Darwin a specimen of the carnivorous Drosophyllum lusitanicum , Hooker wrote: “Pray …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … specimens of the primitive and rare insectivorous plant Drosophyllum lusitanicum that had been …
- … Darwin wanted to compare the insect-catching mechanism of Drosophyllum with that of Drosera …
