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From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
John Hutton Balfour
Date:
1 July 1861
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Summary:

Asks whether one of Balfour’s students could obtain specimens of Corallorhiza from Ravelrig bog outside Edinburgh for CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Hutton Balfour
Date:
15 Sept [1864]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers)
Summary:

Inquires which nurserymen near Edinburgh cultivate coloured primroses and cowslips. Wants to repeat John Scott’s remarkable experiments.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Hutton Balfour
Date:
21 Oct [1864]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers)
Summary:

Thanks Balfour for Corydalis seed

and sends a photo of himself.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project