From Isaac Anderson-Henry 25 May 1867
Hay Lodge, Trinity, | Edinburgh.
May 25/67
My dear Sir
Referring to the hasty note I wrote you yesterday1 I now beg to send annexed exact measurements of the Xd pods of Arabis blepharophylla x A Soyeri being 1 inch by th inch broad the girth being ths—and of the normal pod of the same A. blepharophylla being ths of an inch long & inch broad the girth being ths. The pod of the A Soyeri is somewhat narrower than this last & of the same length. I enclose leaves of each species, the larger being of A. blepharophylla. The hybrid pods threaten still further to out distance the normal pods.2 I have another instance of a similar result—in a very different—indeed a hard wood tribe of plants, but the seed pods are not yet sufficiently developed to state any particulars3
I hope the Book reached you in safety. No one could justly place you or your Books on the same platform with M. Maillet and his Book in which last there is no doubt much nonsense—tho there is no denying ability to the man whose credulity seems to have been shamefully practised upon4
But my servant calls for Letters and I fear I am too late for post. So with every good wish I remain | Yours most faithfully | Is: Anderson Henry
(1) Seed pod of Arabis blepharophylla x Arabis Soyeri 1 inch long by th inch broad |
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(2) Normal pod of A blepharophylla inch long by inch broad |
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(3) A. Soyeri normal pod, same length as No 2 but scarcely quite as broad
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Maillet, Benoît de. 1750. Telliamed: or, discourses between an Indian philosopher and a French missionary, on the diminution of the sea, the formation of the earth, the origin of men and animals, and other curious subjects, relating to natural history and philosophy. Translated from the French. London: T. Osborne.
Summary
Details of Arabis crosses. Seed-pods of A. blepharophylla and A. soyeri crosses are longer and wider than those of either species.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5550
- From
- Isaac Anderson/Isaac Anderson Henry
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Edinburgh
- Source of text
- DAR 159: 70
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5550,” accessed on 6 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5550.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 15