To Linnean Society, President and Council [10 May 1869]
Summary
Referee report on paper by Richard Spruce on sacs in Melastoma [see 6690]. CD says RS’s suggestions that sacs are inherited is not supported and should be deleted.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Hellier Baily |
| Date: | [10 May 1869] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6722 |
To Linnean Society, President and Council 10 May 1869
Summary
Recommends publication of Mrs Barber’s paper on a rare case of fertilisation of a plant by one kind of insect alone, with access of others prevented by a mechanical obstacle [Mary Elizabeth Barber, "On the fertilisation and dissemination of Duvernoia adhatodoides", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 11 (1869): 469–72].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Hellier Baily |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (SP.57) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6740 |
From Louis Rérolle 10 May 1869
Summary
French translation of Orchids will be published by Reinwald. Asks for CD’s new footnotes to be sent.
| Author: | Louis Rérolle |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 176: 130 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6741 |
From W. C. Tait 10 May 1869
Summary
Development of the horns of local sheep.
Results of breeding tailless pointers: of six puppies, three had stumps like parents.
Observations on Drosophyllum.
| Author: | William Chester Tait |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 19–20, DAR 178: 47 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6742 |
To George Bentham 10 May [1869]
Summary
Sends a letter (and seeds) from Fritz Müller about a strange monstrous form of Begonia found wild in Brazil. Asks GB whether it is worth communicating to Linnean Society.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 10 May [1869] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 680) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6743 |
From George Bentham 10 May 1869
Summary
Will have Fritz Müller’s letter ["On the modification of the stamens in a species of Begonia", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 11 (1871): 472–4] read at next Linnean Society meeting [read 3 June 1869].
Has given the seeds to Daniel Oliver.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 163 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6744 |
From John Hellins 10 May 1869
Summary
Notes sex ratios in Lepidoptera he is breeding.
| Author: | John Hellins |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 10 May 1869 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 138 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6745 |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Hellins, John | (1) |
| Rérolle, Louis | (1) |
| Tait, W. C. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Baily, W. H. | (2) |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Baily, W. H. | (2) |
| Bentham, George | (2) |
| Hellins, John | (1) |
| Rérolle, Louis | (1) |
| Tait, W. C. | (1) |
