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To John Scott   2 July [1863]

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CD’s great interest in JS’s work on fertility of Primula crosses.

Thanks for Passiflora trials.

"By no means modify even in slightest degree any result."

CD wishes he had counted rather than weighed Primula seeds.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Scott
Date:  2 July [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 93: B79; Linnean Society of London (Quentin Keynes collection)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4229

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  • Wedgwood (see Correspondence vol.  10, letters from M.  S.  Wedgwood, [before 4 August 1862] and [6 August 1862] , and letter to K.  E.  S. , L.  C. , …

From W. E. Darwin   8 May [1863]

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Describes the structure of Corydalis and its arrangement for making pollen accessible to bees.

Author:  William Erasmus Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 May [1863]
Classmark:  DAR 76: B188–90
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4147

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  • letter to W.  E.  Darwin, [10 May 1863] , n.  5. William’s comparative observations on ‘Fumitory’ ( Fumaria ) are preserved in DAR 117: 63. Like Corydalis , Fumaria is a genus of the family Fumariaceae ( J.  C.  Willis 1973 ). Leith Hill Place, near Dorking, Surrey, was the home of Josiah Wedgwood
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