To Anton Kerner von Marilaun 20 November 1876
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov 20 · 76
Dear Sir,
You must allow me to have the pleasure of thanking you very sincerely for the great interest which I have derived from reading your essay on the Protection of Flowers.1 You have opened up quite a new field of research, and have explained many things which were before quite unintelligible to me I see that I have fallen into some errors in the book on crossing which you will soon receive.2 I am however not yet convinced that bees discover the position of the nectar from the outside by the sense of smell.3
I remain, dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Cross and self fertilisation 2d ed.: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. London: John Murray. 1878.
Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.
Kerner, Anton. 1876. Die Schutzmittel der Blüthen gegen unberufene Gäste. In Festschrift der K. K. Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. Vienna: K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft; Braumüller.
Summary
Expresses his pleasure in reading Die Schutzmittel der Blüthen gegen unberufene Gäste (Kerner 1876)..
Realises he has made some errors in Cross and self fertilisation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10681F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Anton Kerner von Marilaun
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Archive of the University of Vienna (151.273-4)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10681F,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 30 (Supplement)
