From:
George Bentham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 160: 161
Summary:
Discusses Hildebrand
and criticises Delpino.
Asks to borrow C. K. Sprengel’s Entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur [1793].
Botanists have no explanation of the case of Viola odorata and other showy flowers being sterile while inconspicuous ones bear seed.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
