To H. C. Watson [17 July 1861]
Summary
Difficulty of distinguishing varieties and species. Did HCW suggest a printed list that might help?
Polymorphic genera.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Hewett Cottrell Watson |
| Date: | [17 July 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 49 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1616 |
To J. D. Hooker 17 [July 1861]
Summary
Orchids from Kew.
JDH’s income problems.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 17 [July 1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 106 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3210 |
To A. G. More 17 [July 1861]
Summary
Asks for specimen of Orchis latifolia and O. maculata. " … as some Botanists doubt whether they are distinct species it would be rather curious to show them insects distinguish them".
Found a lot of bee orchids. "All facts point clearly to self-fertilisation in this species; yet I cannot swallow the bitter pill."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 17 [July 1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3211 |
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| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| More, A. G. | (1) |
| Watson, H. C. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| More, A. G. | (1) |
| Watson, H. C. | (1) |
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Women’s scientific participation
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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…
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