From T. H. Farrer 18 September 1869
Author: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Sept 1869 |
Classmark: | DAR 164: 55 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6898 |
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- … Asks CD’s opinion of a paper he has written on papilionaceous flowers. …
- … On the fertilisation of a few common papilionaceous flowers. Nature , 10 October 1872, pp. …
- … from below the surface. In the papilionaceous flowers—Ulex, Lupin, &c I see them at work …
- … together a few notes upon a few Papilionaceous flowers and am venturing to send them to …
- … and I shall victimize him with Papilionaceous flowers— What a work of labour is his Genera …
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