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From:
Adolphe Quetelet
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[6 April 1863]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.256
Summary:

Sent information on meteor spotted in Belgium and in Germany. Has heard differing opinions on heights of meteors. Talks about statistics of population.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Maxwell Tylden Masters
Date:
6 Apr [1863]
Source of text:
Catherine Barnes (dealer) (January 2002)
Summary:

Comments on MTM’s article ["On the existence of two forms of peloria", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 258–62]. Cites interesting case of peloric flower.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Arthur Rawson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[6 Apr 1863]
Source of text:
DAR 176: 23
Summary:

Provides evidence of self-sterility in Gladiolus.

Has observed three seed-leaves in some Dianthus seedlings.

Cannot cross, or grow from seed, Dielytra spectabilis.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project