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DCP-LETT-10703

From:
Alfred William Bennett
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Dec 1876
Source of text:
DAR 160: 145
Summary:

Thanks for copy of Cross and self-fertilisation.

Reports instances of cross-fertilisation in maize,

and succession of forms of flowers on Isle of Wight.

Asks CD’s suggestions for his second edition of Julius von Sachs’s Text-book of botany.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-10704

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Dec 1876
Source of text:
DAR 164: 80
Summary:

Questions CD on sale of his books in America by Appleton and other publishers; copyright and translation rights.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-8204

From:
George Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[c. 7 Dec 1876]
Source of text:
DAR 166: 149
Summary:

Considers some flowers especially adapted for self-fertilisation, and believes all flowers are self-fertilising under some conditions. Gives examples of plants in which he believes all flowers are cleistogamous. Believes self-fertilisation is the primordial condition of flowering plants.

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