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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
4 July 1870
Source of text:
Eilo Hildebrand (private collection of facsimiles) (Original, previously owned by Klaus Groove, sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018)
Summary:

Requests seeds of Nolana prostrata & Hibiscus Africanus, which have been matured in Germany or in the more Southern parts of Europe.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
10 Aug [1871]
Source of text:
Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Summary:

Mentions experiments on Lythrum.

Thanks for list of seeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
9 Feb 1872
Source of text:
Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Summary:

Comments on FH’s paper ["Verbreitungsmittel der Compositenfrüchte", Bot. Ztg. 30 (1872): 1–14].

Discusses function of mucus filaments on seeds of Compositae and other plants.

Comments on Eugen Askenasy’s publication [Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre (1872)].

Comments on evolutionary views of Carl Nägeli.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
15 May 1873
Source of text:
Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Summary:

Asks for results of FH’s experiments fertilizing some flowers with pollen from the same flower, & other flowers with pollen from distinct flowers borne by the same plant.

Has read FH’s paper on the distribution of the seeds of the Graminæ (Hildebrand 1872, pp. 740–1) with great interest.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
16 Nov [1873]
Source of text:
Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Summary:

Thanks for FH’s work on the means of the distribution of plants (Hildebrand 1873).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
17 July 1875
Source of text:
Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Summary:

Asks about FH’s research on maize. Suggests experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
28 July [1875]
Source of text:
Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Summary:

Apologises that he cannot supply any maize seed.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date:
29 Mar 1879
Source of text:
Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018
Summary:

Thanks for FHGH’s new book; also for the list of seeds, but he does not want any at present.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project