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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
10 Aug [1873]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/20)
Summary:

Asks THF to examine old flowers of Coronilla for holes bored by bees.

Is investigating whether drops of water injure leaves.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 164: 75
Summary:

Observations on effect of water on leaves.

Coronilla.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Aug [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 164: 76a–76b
Summary:

Further observations concerning the fertilisation of Coronilla by bees.

Reflections concerning the influence of cultivation (i.e., ploughing) upon variation.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
14 Aug 1873
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/21)
Summary:

Thinks THF has solved the mystery of Coronilla.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project