To John Lubbock 3 September [1881?]

Letter and/or further information available at https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9622.xml.

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 29.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9622,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 3 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9622

Summary

Discusses insect attraction to artificial flowers. CD’s experiments of 40 years ago failed, but Nägeli reported success by scenting them.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-9622
From: Charles Robert Darwin
To: John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date: 3 Sept [1881?]
Sent from: Down
Source of text: The British Library (Add MS 49644: 94–5)
Physical description: 3pp inc

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 29.