From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
8 May [1878]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/30)
Summary:
Doubts Ledum warrants investigation. Glands probably serve only to protect the flowers against crawling insects, which would not cross-fertilise them.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project