From George Bentham   [16 or 17 December 1857]

Summary

Returns CD’s lists [sent with 2184]. Confusion in genera of Silene is great in continental botanic gardens. One would have to know whether C. F. v. Gärtner had the right names for species in his experiments.

Letter details

Record number

DCP-LETT-2186

From

George Bentham

To

Charles Robert Darwin

Date

[16 or 17 Dec 1857]

Sent from

unstated

Source of text

DAR 160: 151

Physical description

2pp damaged †, CD lists 2pp damaged † (by GB), CD note damaged

Contributor

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 6.

• Bentham, George
• Darwin, C. R.