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To K. E. S., L. C., and M. S. Wedgwood   4 [August 1862]

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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

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From L. C. or Margaret Susan Wedgwood to [Emma Darwin?]   [May 1865]

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Sends some figures on long- and short-styled primroses for "Uncle Ch".

Author:  Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison; Margaret Susan Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams
Addressee:  Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:  [May 1865]
Classmark:  DAR 108: 74
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4823

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  • Sophy Wedgwood , had previously sent botanical observations (see letter from L.  C. …

To Sophy Wedgwood   24 March [1878–80]

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Asks her to observe seedlings of Neottia breaking the surface to see whether the flower stems grow straight up or form arches, and whether they secrete water that softens the surrounding ground.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood
Date:  24 Mar [1878-80]
Classmark:  Cambridge University Library (MS Add. 4251: 333)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11442

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  • Sophy and her sisters, Lucy Caroline and Margaret Susan Wedgwood , at Leith Hill Place in Surrey (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter to K. E. S. , L. C. , …