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DCP-LETT-6722

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hellier Baily
Date:
[10 May 1869]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Referee report on paper by Richard Spruce on sacs in Melastoma [see 6690]. CD says RS’s suggestions that sacs are inherited is not supported and should be deleted.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-6740

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Hellier Baily
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (SP.57)
Summary:

Recommends publication of Mrs Barber’s paper on a rare case of fertilisation of a plant by one kind of insect alone, with access of others prevented by a mechanical obstacle [Mary Elizabeth Barber, "On the fertilisation and dissemination of Duvernoia adhatodoides", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 11 (1869): 469–72].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6743

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
10 May [1869]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 680)
Summary:

Sends a letter (and seeds) from Fritz Müller about a strange monstrous form of Begonia found wild in Brazil. Asks GB whether it is worth communicating to Linnean Society.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6744

From:
George Bentham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 160: 163
Summary:

Will have Fritz Müller’s letter ["On the modification of the stamens in a species of Begonia", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 11 (1871): 472–4] read at next Linnean Society meeting [read 3 June 1869].

Has given the seeds to Daniel Oliver.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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WCP1346

From:
Robert Chambers
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/8/158
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6745

From:
John Hellins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 166: 138
Summary:

Notes sex ratios in Lepidoptera he is breeding.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6741

From:
Louis Rérolle
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 176: 130
Summary:

French translation of Orchids will be published by Reinwald. Asks for CD’s new footnotes to be sent.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-6742

From:
William Chester Tait
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 May 1869
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 19–20, DAR 178: 47
Summary:

Development of the horns of local sheep.

Results of breeding tailless pointers: of six puppies, three had stumps like parents.

Observations on Drosophyllum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel6430

From:
William Benjamin Carpenter
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 May 1869]
Source of text:
RS:HS 5.198
Summary:

Is glad he is reconsidering the question of temperature. Regarding the deep sea thermometers.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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