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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 |
Author
Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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