From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott
Date:
1 and 3 Aug 1863
Source of text:
DAR 93: B24, B27–8, B70; DAR 147: 455
Summary:
Thanks JS for orchid paper [Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 7 (1863): 543–50]. JS presents excellent new facts on sterility of orchids.
His argument that coloured primroses are not hybrids is good, as is idea of discovering primrose parentage by breeding for colours.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
