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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
[July–Sept 1866]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 714)
Summary:

Asks GB to consider whether it is necessary for the Linnean Society to be so strict about the number of books members may borrow.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
14 July 1866
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.152, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
George Bentham
Date:
19 July 1866
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/2 f.153, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project
From:
George Bentham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 Sept 1866
Source of text:
DAR 160: 158
Summary:

Replies to CD’s two memoranda, GB explains: 1. That he never said thistles do not produce seeds, but rather that the infinite majority of new plants are propagated from buds

2. That book-borrowing rules of the Linnean Library are not so stringent as the Librarian makes out.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
27 Sept [1866]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: ff. 705–6)
Summary:

His memory deceived him about GB’s statement [on propagation of thistles].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Bentham
Date:
1 Oct 1866
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 707)
Summary:

Invites GB and wife to luncheon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
George Bentham
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Oct [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 160: 159
Summary:

Is unable to fix a day for luncheon until later.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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