From:
Federico Delpino
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Apr 1873
Source of text:
DAR 162: 151
Summary:
Left the Garibaldi at Rio de Janeiro.
Phylogeny of aphids.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Left the Garibaldi at Rio de Janeiro.
Phylogeny of aphids.
Asks whether, in Italy, varieties of Lathyrus odoratus, Pisum sativum, and Phaseolus multiflorus must be grown separately to come true.
Sends information on Lathyrus odoratus, Phaseolus multiflorus and Pisum sativum.
Discusses role of insects in crossing varieties of Lathyrus odoratus and other species.
Comments on Hermann Müller [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)],
and Anton Kerner ["Die Schutzmittel des Pollens", Ber. Naturwiss. Med. Ver. Innsbruck, 3 (1873): 100–68].
Admires FD’s work on anemophilous plants.