From George Henslow 22 November 1869
St John’s Parsonage | St John’s Wood
Nov. 22 /69
Dear Sir
Mr Henderson Junr. florist of S. Johns wood informed me that Lapageria rosea never sets seed unless artificially impregnated.1 The anthers cluster round the stigma & cover it with pollen; but it appears, from his account, to be powerless on the stigma of the same flower. I should be glad to know if this has been noticed by yrself or others. If not, it would seem to be another case analogous to Linum Grandifolium Passiflora sp. & other well known instances.2
Yrs truly | G Henslow
Footnotes
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Summary
Observations on fertilisation of Lapageria rosea by E. G. Henderson, florist of St John’s Wood.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7004
- From
- George Henslow
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- St John’s Wood
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 170
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7004,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7004.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17