From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
[2–3 Aug 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 70, DAR 210.6: 102
Summary:
Discusses Lythrum, "a really wonderful case"; asks WED to make observations and collect specimens; sends a diagram which shows what crosses he believes are fertile.
Would like George to watch bees visiting the flowers; wants some pods from different forms to compare shapes and count seeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
