To K. E. S., L. C., and M. S. Wedgwood 4 [August 1862]
Summary
Their enumeration [of forms of Lythrum?] is invaluable. He will write later to explain what he is trying to prove about Lythrum through laborious crosses.
Asks for flowers of both forms of Hottonia to measure pollen and compare stigmas.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams; Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison |
| Date: | 4 [Aug 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4373 |
From M. S. Wedgwood [6 August 1862]
Summary
Looked for Hottonia but with little success.
| Author: | Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [6 Aug 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3674 |
From Margaret Susan Wedgwood [before 4 August 1862]
Summary
Proportions of different forms of Lythrum.
| Author: | Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 4 Aug 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 181: 64 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3681 |
To W. D. Fox [17 May 1862]
Summary
Thanks WDF for interesting letter about turkeys. Would be grateful for information on fertility of the hybrids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Darwin Fox |
| Date: | [17 May 1862] |
| Classmark: | Christ’s College Library, Cambridge (MS 53 Fox 133) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3555 |
From W. E. Darwin 8 July [1862]
Summary
WED reports on studying the pollen of grass and Valerian through his microscope.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 3) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3644F |
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 Georgina Tollet 17 May [1862]
Summary
Thanks for Orchids.
| Author: | Georgina Tollet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 May [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 178: 128 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3556 |
| letter | (7) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Vaughan Williams, M. S. | (2) |
| Wedgwood, M. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Tollet, Georgina | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Harrison, L. C. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Vaughan Williams, M. S. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (7) |
| Vaughan Williams, M. S. | (3) |
| Wedgwood, M. S. | (3) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
