From:
Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Jan 1863
Source of text:
DAR 159: 60
Summary:
Thanks for "Two forms of Primula" [Collected papers 2: 45–63].
Praise for Orchids.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
Date:
20 Jan [1863]
Source of text:
DAR 145: 1
Summary:
Discusses hybrid strawberry–raspberry
and his research on Primula and Linum.
Suggests breeding experiments.
Doubtful about Donald Beaton’s statement about Pelargonium.
Mentions experiments on peloric flowers.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26–7 Jan 1863
Source of text:
DAR 159: 61
Summary:
Has done extensive plant hybridisation: strawberry, raspberry, Rhododendron.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Isaac Anderson; Isaac Anderson Henry
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Jan 1863
Source of text:
DAR 159: 62
Summary:
Thanks for CD’s experimental suggestions. Will count seeds of hybrid crosses.
Requests suggestions for Edinburgh Botanical Society expedition to British Columbia.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
