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DCP-LETT-3185

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Gordon
Date:
17 June [1861]
Source of text:
Elgin Museum (Gordon Archive 61.7)
Summary:

Asks whether GG can help CD get specimens of Corallorhiza.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3186

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
17 June [1861]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 697)
Summary:

Asks for specimen of Orchis pyramidalis for his work on insect fertilisation of orchids.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3187

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alexander Goodman More
Date:
17 June [1861]
Source of text:
Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46)
Summary:

Would be grateful for observations on orchids.

Believes Spiranthes visited by moths. Asks AGM to repeat experiment on Spiranthes.

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