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From:
James Anderson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 Apr 1863
Source of text:
DAR 159: 59
Summary:

Sends CD seeds of Cattleya crispa as requested [see Collected papers 2: 77–8].

Anticipates success for his attempts to cross orchids artificially. Has not had a single seed germinate from a pod that was not produced by artificial crossing.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
James Anderson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 June 1863
Source of text:
DAR 70: 181
Summary:

Sends a capsule of Dendrobium cretaceum. [See Orchids, 2d ed.]

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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