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To T. H. Farrer 7 May [1878]
Summary
Has received Ledum with its captured flies.
"At present I care for nothing in this wide world except the biology of seedling plants."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/29) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11495 |
To T. H. Farrer 8 May [1878]
Summary
Doubts Ledum warrants investigation. Glands probably serve only to protect the flowers against crawling insects, which would not cross-fertilise them.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 8 May [1878] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/30) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11496 |
From T. H. Farrer 4 May 1878
Summary
Sends Ledum, the nectar of which catches many insects.
Describes his Primula varieties.
| Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 4 May 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 91 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11494 |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Farrer, T. H. | (1) |
Addressee
| Farrer, T. H. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
