From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Stephen Paul Engleheart
Date:
[Apr 1867?]
Source of text:
Provenance unknown
Summary:
Asks for a note about sling for Leonard’s arm, as he is about to leave for school.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Asks for a note about sling for Leonard’s arm, as he is about to leave for school.
Cites cases of difference in coloration between the sexes of some species of Crustacea, annelids, and spiders.
Discusses dimorphic plants and self-sterility.
Outlines some experiments involving the crossing of different species of orchids.
Encloses extract from Carl Claus, Die freilebenden Copepoden [1863].
Thanks for "Climbing plants" offprint and for references on fertilisation of flowers.
Considering the bounty of work already done, he is looking for something original to do.
Subularia does not grow in Westphalia.
Second National Portrait Exhibition will open to public on 3 May. Invites JH to private viewing on 2 May.
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