From:
Hermann Crüger
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Aug 1863
Source of text:
DAR 161: 277, 277/1
Summary:
Thanks for presentation copy of Linum paper [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Ficus experiments confirm CD’s supposition that insects visit Melastoma for nectar, but HC thinks pollen-seekers fertilise the flowers.
Maranta fertilisation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project