From:
John Scott
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 May [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 177: 106
Summary:
Thanks for communicating Oncidium sterility paper [see 4485] to Linnean Society.
Surprised that CD’s seedlings of non-dimorphic cowslip breed true.
Surprised also that the red primrose he sent reverts to wild form. He had reasoned from red’s infertility with yellow that it was an established variety. Tries to correlate inheritance of colour and sterility between varieties.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project