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To George Bentham 22 June [1861]
Summary
Thanks GB for specimen [of Orchis pyramidalis].
Discusses a great difficulty with orchids: "Insects visit several species which never secrete an atom of honey." [See Orchids, p. 44ff.] Does GB know whether nectar is ever secreted and reabsorbed promptly?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 22 June [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 692) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3193 |
To George Gordon 22 June [1861]
Summary
Thanks GG for his efforts. Corallorhiza would be most valuable.
Leaves for Torquay on 1 July.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Gordon |
| Date: | 22 June [1861] |
| Classmark: | Elgin Museum (Gordon Archive 61.8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3191 |
To J. D. Hooker 22 June [1861]
Summary
Many mutual acquaintances are ill.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 June [1861] |
| Classmark: | DAR 115: 84 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3192 |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Addressee
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Gordon, George (b) | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Bentham, George | (1) |
| Gordon, George (b) | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
