To George Bentham [July–September 1866]
Summary
Asks GB to consider whether it is necessary for the Linnean Society to be so strict about the number of books members may borrow.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | [July–Sept 1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 714) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5137 |
From George Bentham 25 September 1866
Summary
Replies to CD’s two memoranda, GB explains: 1. That he never said thistles do not produce seeds, but rather that the infinite majority of new plants are propagated from buds
2. That book-borrowing rules of the Linnean Library are not so stringent as the Librarian makes out.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 25 Sept 1866 |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 158 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5218 |
To George Bentham 27 September [1866]
Summary
His memory deceived him about GB’s statement [on propagation of thistles].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 27 Sept [1866] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: ff. 705–6) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5220 |
To George Bentham 1 October 1866
Summary
Invites GB and wife to luncheon.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 1 Oct 1866 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 707) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5225 |
From George Bentham 4 October [1866]
Summary
Is unable to fix a day for luncheon until later.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 Oct [1866] |
| Classmark: | DAR 160: 159 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5231 |
Document type
| letter | (5) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bentham, George | (2) |
Addressee
| Bentham, George | (3) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Bentham, George | (5) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
