From B. P. Brent 15 June 1861
Summary
On his father’s crossing experiments with cacti, in which hybrids were found quite fertile.
On his breeding of guinea-pigs.
Sends Miss E. Watts’s message about crested fowls and Brahmas.
Author: | Bernard Peirce Brent |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 June 1861 |
Classmark: | DAR 160.2: 300 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3184 |
To the Field [before 15 June 1861]
Summary
His thanks to "Eques" of Argyllshire for his remarkable information on the inheritance of colour in horses. Acknowledges the difficulty of defining dun. Requests further information.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | The Field |
Date: | [before 15 June 1861] |
Classmark: | The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 521 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3182A |
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 15 June 1861]
Summary
Reports his experiment with fertilising the large periwinkle (Vinca major), which he had never known to produce seed. He found that the pollen could not reach the stigma without the aid of insects, which in England never visit the flower. CD produced seeds by inserting a fine bristle, like the proboscis of a moth. Asks readers to repeat this experiment with other species that do not habitually seed and to report the result.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
Date: | [before 15 June 1861] |
Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 15 June 1861, p. 552 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3182 |
To Bingham Sibthorpe Malden 15–16 June [1861]
Summary
Thanks BSM for orchid specimens. Discusses various species of Orchis and Ophrys.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Bingham Sibthorpe Malden |
Date: | 15–16 June [1861] |
Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.254) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3183 |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
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The Field | (1) |
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The Field | (1) |