To J. D. Hooker [18 May 1862]
Summary
Leschenaultia seems very odd. Will try with pollen left on for 48 hours. Illustrates diversity of structures for same purpose.
Bentham’s and Oliver’s good opinion of Orchids is reassuring.
Anxious to experiment on Melastomataceae; thinks it will give important results.
Wants Leschenaultia formosa to try whether viscid outside surface can be fertilised.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
Date: | [18 May 1862] |
Classmark: | DAR 115: 154 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3558 |
From Asa Gray 18 May 1862
Summary
Has received first sheets of Orchids and is very impressed. "What a skill & genius you have for these researches."
Details of U. S. orchids.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 May 1862 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 109 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3559 |
To Alexander Goodman More 18 May [1862]
Summary
Asks AGM to experiment on Epipactis palustris.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
Date: | 18 May [1862] |
Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3560 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
More, A. G. | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Gray, Asa | (1) |
Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
More, A. G. | (1) |
Journal of researches
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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…
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