From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Miles Joseph Berkeley
Date:
29 Feb [1856]
Source of text:
Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/45)
Summary:
Preparing paper on seed-soaking for Linnean Society ["Action of sea-water on seeds", Collected papers 1: 264–73]. Wants to use MJB’s results. Lost ardour when he found seeds would not float.
Has grown MJB’s purest pea seeds and got a few variants. Gärtner’s experiments suggest direct action of pollen, but CD thinks it is "mere variation".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project