From T. H. Farrer 20 September 1868
Eashing | Godalming.
20 Sept/68
My dear Mr Darwin,
I venture to add a few words to the Lobelia paper. if you happen to think it worth printing. The comparison of structure & function in neighbouring genera always seems to me most interesting.1 It was especially so in the Orchid—2
I was delighted with an opening bud of Campanula Rotundifolia— The adaptation of Corolla, anthers and brush is beautiful. The brush & its rows I found in Lindley—but he says Brongniart said it had nothing to do with fertilization—true enough as regards self fertilization3
I wont put any more questions to you though I am sorely tempted
Sincerely yours | T H Farrer
C Darwin Esq FRS
You wont be much more bothered with me as holiday & flowers are alike nearly over.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Farrer, Thomas Henry. 1868. On the manner of fertilization of the scarlet runner and blue lobelia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 2: 255–63.
Lindley, John. 1853. The vegetable kingdom; or, the structure, classification, and uses of plants, illustrated upon the natural system. 3d edition with corrections and additional genera. London: Bradbury & Evans.
Mabberley, David J. 1997. The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the vascular plants. 2d edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Summary
Sends an addition to Lobelia paper; admires adaptations for fertilisation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6381
- From
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Eashing Park, Godalming
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 45
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6381,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6381.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16