From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Allport Leighton
Date:
[1–23 July 1841]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 39
Summary:
Tells WAL where specimen of Cynoglossum sylvaticum may be seen growing.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Allport Leighton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Nov 1858
Source of text:
DAR 77: 149–51
Summary:
Sends an account of different colours and shapes of seeds raised from ordinary seeds of scarlet runner. [See Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 151.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Allport Leighton
Date:
21 Nov [1858]
Source of text:
DAR 112: B97–8
Summary:
Thanks WAL for specimens and observations [on scarlet runner beans]. CD is perplexed whether to account for the changes as due to simple variation or to crossing. The information will be used when he finally comes to a conclusion on the subject [see Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 151].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Allport Leighton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 21 June 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 108: 180
Summary:
His observations of varieties of Verbascum.
Reference to Abbé Correa in the Life of Sir J. E. Smith.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Allport Leighton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 May 1865
Source of text:
DAR 76: B95–6
Summary:
Describes the floral structure of the lupin and gives his observations on its pollination by bees.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
