From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henrietta Emma Darwin; Henrietta Emma Litchfield
Date:
[14–21 Apr 1866]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 59
Summary:
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
Prefers not to send her proof-slips of the present chapter [of Variation], which has been enormously altered, but will be glad to have her see slips and revises in future.
Instinct in cats.
A memorandum describing the expressive behaviour of a cat with added notes by CD.
Mogg [John Traherne Moggridge] wants to visit CD.
Self-fertilising orchids.
An extract from Macrobius’ Saturnalia dealing with blushing.