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From:
Edward Hardcastle
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
29 June [1870]
Source of text:
RS:HS 10.158
Summary:

Has been intending to write to inform him of the successful meeting on Friday, but the four day holiday has caused extra work. JH's consent to preside provided extra stimulus.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

DCP-LETT-7250

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
[29 June 1870]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/11)
Summary:

Encloses seeds from Fritz Müller, of a species of Passiflora, fertilised by a humble-bee.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7254

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 June 1870
Source of text:
DAR 164: 65
Summary:

Has procured a Passiflora flower at last. Structure suited for humming-birds rather than bees.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-7251

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[29 June 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 173
Summary:

Asks whether JDH can send seeds of Hibiscus africanus and of Nolana prostrata raised at Kew.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7252

From:
Edward Caldwell Rye
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 June 1870
Source of text:
DAR 176: 229
Summary:

Draws CD’s attention to a paper in American Naturalist [3 (1869): 109] describing honey-bees killed by entanglement in pollen-masses of Asclepias.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-7253

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Jenner Weir
Date:
29 June [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 327
Summary:

On birds erecting feathers.

Comments on production of buds in Cytisus.

Discusses case of rabbit-breeding which affected subsequent progeny of female.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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