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DCP-LETT-3182

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[before 15 June 1861]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 15 June 1861, p. 552
Summary:

Reports his experiment with fertilising the large periwinkle (Vinca major), which he had never known to produce seed. He found that the pollen could not reach the stigma without the aid of insects, which in England never visit the flower. CD produced seeds by inserting a fine bristle, like the proboscis of a moth. Asks readers to repeat this experiment with other species that do not habitually seed and to report the result.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3182A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
The Field
Date:
[before 15 June 1861]
Source of text:
The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman’s Newspaper 17 (1861): 521
Summary:

His thanks to "Eques" of Argyllshire for his remarkable information on the inheritance of colour in horses. Acknowledges the difficulty of defining dun. Requests further information.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3183

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Bingham Sibthorpe Malden
Date:
15–16 June [1861]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.254)
Summary:

Thanks BSM for orchid specimens. Discusses various species of Orchis and Ophrys.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6585

From:
Alexis Caswell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.327
Summary:

Will be leaving for America shortly so regrets he will be unable to visit him. Has happy memories of his interview at Greenwich.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-3184

From:
Bernard Peirce Brent
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 June 1861
Source of text:
DAR 160.2: 300
Summary:

On his father’s crossing experiments with cacti, in which hybrids were found quite fertile.

On his breeding of guinea-pigs.

Sends Miss E. Watts’s message about crested fowls and Brahmas.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Herschel10491

From:
John R. Hind
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 June 1861]
Source of text:
RS:HS 9.369
Summary:

Is very pleased he agrees with the present system of naming the asteroids; so does G. B. Airy. George Bishop died yesterday, and the Observatory is now in the hands of Bishop's son.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Faraday4020

From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Benjamin Vincent
Date:
15 June 1861
Source of text:
RI MS F1 G22
Summary:

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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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