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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[31 Aug 1871]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle , 9 September 1871, p. 1166
Summary:

In response to a query [from "F. W. B."], CD describes his experience with seeding Leschenaultia, which demonstrates that insect agency is required.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
3 Jan [1877]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle , 6 January 1877, p. 19
Summary:

Suggests that the scarcity of holly berries is owing to the scarcity of bees during the spring, rather than to frost. He does not know what caused the scarcity of bees.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
17 Jan [1877]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle , 20 January 1877, p. 83
Summary:

CD confesses his error with respect to the cause of the scarcity of holly berries. It appears that several causes in combination have led to it. CD still believes rarity of bees played a part, though a subordinate one.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
19 Feb [1877]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle , 24 February 1877, p. 246
Summary:

Replies to some of George Henslow’s criticisms [of Cross and self-fertilisation] made in his article ["Fertilisation of plants", Gard. Chron. n.s. 7 (1877): 203–4].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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