To W. W. Bailey 10 December [1877]
Many thanks for the specimens which will be very useful whenever a new Edition is required.1
C. Darwin
Down, Beckenham, Kent | Dec. 10th—
Footnotes
Bailey had sent CD specimens of Bouvardia leiantha (see letter from W. W. Bailey, [November 1877] and n. 3). In Forms of flowers 2d ed., p. vii, CD noted that the specimens sent by Bailey were clearly heterostyled, but that no difference could be detected in the size of the pollen-grains.
Bibliography
Forms of flowers 2d ed.: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
"Many thanks for the specimens which will be very useful whenever a new Edition is required."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11274
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Whitman Bailey
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- 10 DE 77
- Source of text
- The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. Manuscripts and Archives Division. (Alfred Williams Anthony collection: box 7, folder 10)
- Physical description
- ApcS
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11274,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11274.xml
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