To Friedrich Hildebrand 20 April [1866]

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5062A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5062A

Summary

Is obliged to receive FH’s papers. The cases of Lopezia and Schizanthus are new to him.

In 1860 CD watched Bombus lapidarius sucking the flowers of Pedicularis sylvatica and saw what FH has described.

Has not yet read the paper on Salvia.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-5062A
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
Date: 20 Apr [1866]
Sent from: Down
Source of text: Morristown National Historical Park (Lloyd W. Smith MS 698)
Physical description: 4pp

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14.