To J. D. Hooker 7 [April 1874]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
7th
My dear H.
Perhaps Riley may have sent you the larvæ of the Pronuba moth so as to fertilise the Yuccas. As I have no plants, I forward them by this post to you, with his brief instructions.— It is the most wonderful case of fertilisation ever published.—2 Do try them, or give them away or throw them away.
Yours affect. | C. Darwin
We have asked Dr. Klein, Günther & Ld. Monteagle here for next Sunday,— Carriage at Orpington for 4o12’ Train on Saturday. Any hope of you?3
Footnotes
Bibliography
Riley, Charles Valentine. 1873. On the oviposition of the Yucca moth. American Naturalist 7: 619–23.
Summary
C. V. Riley’s case of Pronuba moth and the fertilisation of Yucca, is the most wonderful case of fertilisation ever published [Am. Nat. 7 (1873): 619–23].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9395
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 321
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9395,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9395.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22