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DCP-LETT-1787

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[before 1 Dec 1855]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 48, 1 December 1855, p. 789
Summary:

Corrects a misprint in his letter [1783].

Adds that his experiments show that one cannot infer from the vitality of seeds under dry conditions that they will be preserved in different conditions. Cites the poor ability of Leguminosae to withstand immersion.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1802

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[before 29 Dec 1855]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 52, 29 December 1855, p. 854
Summary:

Cites [from Gärtner’s Bastarderzeugung (1849), p. 157] a report that seeds from graves of ancient Gauls germinated.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1803

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[before 29 Dec 1855]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , no. 52, 29 December 1855, p. 854
Summary:

CD requests accurate information on the extent to which the different varieties of fruit-trees produce seedlings like their parents. Do some varieties of pears and apples tend to produce truer offspring than other varieties?

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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