From E. C. Rye 29 June 1870
10, Lower Park Field | Putney | SW
29 June 1870
Dear Sir,
As a former note of mine, ⟨with⟩ regard to insect aid in Orchid ⟨fertili⟩zation, happened to be at the ⟨time⟩ new to you, I venture to ⟨send⟩ a reference to a somewhat ⟨simil⟩ar occurrence, from The ⟨Amer⟩ican Naturalist, Vol. III, 1869, ⟨p. 10⟩9—in which the causes of ⟨death⟩ to Honey bees, through ⟨entan⟩glement in pollen masses of ⟨Asc⟩lepias, are treated of. (cf. 2.c.II ⟨p.⟩ 665).1 I came across it in working up the matter for 1869 ⟨“Zo⟩ological Record”.2
Yours truly | E. C. Rye
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Summary
Draws CD’s attention to a paper in American Naturalist [3 (1869): 109] describing honey-bees killed by entanglement in pollen-masses of Asclepias.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7252
- From
- Edward Caldwell Rye
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Putney
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 229
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7252,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7252.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18