To Ray Society [before 4 November 1864]1
1118 Read a letter from Mr Darwin suggesting the Translation of Gaertner’s work on “Bastardezeugung”2
Footnotes
The letter has not been found, but see the enclosure to the letter to J. D. Hooker, 23 September [1864]. The text given here has been taken from the minutes of the special council meeting of the Ray Society, 4 November 1864. William John Hamilton chaired the meeting. Also present were Joseph Beck, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, William Henry Flower, Samuel James Augustus Salter, William Sharpey, Henry Tibbats Stainton, and James Tennant.
The reference is to Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich by Karl Friedrich von Gärtner (Gärtner 1849). See letter to J. D. Hooker, 13 September [1864] and n. 6.
Bibliography
Gärtner, Karl Friedrich von. 1849. Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich. Mit Hinweisung auf die ähnlichen Erscheinungen im Thierreiche, ganz umgearbeitete und sehr vermehrte Ausgabe der von der Königlich holländischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart.
Summary
"Read a letter from Mr Darwin suggesting the Translation of Gaertner’s work [Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich (1849)]."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4654
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ray Society
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library MSS RAY A: vol. 2, p. 102r: Minute 1118, 4th November 1864)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4654,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4654.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
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