From J. D. Hooker 18 December 1876
Royal Gardens Kew
Dec 18/76
Dear Darwin
Forsythia has never fruited at Kew but has copiously at the Hort. Soc. Gardens I do not know which species—. I have referred to two figures of F. viridissima, both have very short stamens & a long style*— also to one of F. suspensa— it has long stamens & a very short style.
*one of these is taken from a plant in Hort. Soc. Gardens1
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Elliott, Brent. 2004. The Royal Horticultural Society: a history 1804–2004. Chichester: Phillimore & Co.
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
Summary
Notes variation in style and stamen length in Forsythia.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10727
- From
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 110: B78a
- Physical description
- inc ? †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10727,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10727.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24