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From:
John Denny
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 Aug 1879
Source of text:
DAR 162: 161
Summary:

JD communicates, after seven years, news of a new "sport" of Pelargonium, sterile both with other varieties and with the mother plant, thus indicating that it is possibly a new species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Denny
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 July 1872
Source of text:
DAR 162: 159
Summary:

Replies to CD’s queries. Duke of Cornwall Pelargonium is fertile with its own pollen. Has failed to produce hybrids from other varieties besides P. peltatum and P. elegans. Sends numbers of the Florist which contain an account of his mode of procedure ["On cross-breeding pelargoniums" Florist & Pomologist (1872): 10, 34, 50].

Reports a confirmation of his theory of the prepotence of the male parent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Denny
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 July 1872
Source of text:
DAR 162: 160
Summary:

Thanks CD for his offer to communicate the results of his experiments with Pelargonium to the Linnean Society. Prefers to continue experimenting for at least another season before doing so.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project