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DCP-LETT-1662

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
7 Apr [1855]
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/41)
Summary:

Asks for a pea variety for an experiment.

Discusses C. F. v. Gärtner’s results [in Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich (1849)]. Criticises Gärtner’s belief that hybrids are always less fertile than their parents.

Asks about MJB’s experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1665

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
11 Apr [1855]
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/42)
Summary:

Thanks MJB for peas.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1699

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
12 June [1855]
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/43)
Summary:

Thanks for approval of seed-soaking experiments in Gardeners’ Chronicle ["Does sea-water kill seeds?", 26 May 1855; Collected papers 1: 255–8]. They seem not to have convinced Hooker of consequences for geographical distribution.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1710

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
3 July [1855]
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/44)
Summary:

Reports success of seed-soaking experiments. Celery and onion germinate after 85 days’ immersion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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