From George Bentham [before 22 April 1868]
Summary
Has studied Variation with interest.
Cannot quite follow CD on reversion and Pangenesis,
but is amazed at CD’s observations and method.
Comments on varieties of asses, kidney beans, and artichokes.
Author: | George Bentham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [before 22 Apr 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 160 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6134 |
From George Bentham 30 April 1868
Summary
Discusses Hildebrand
and criticises Delpino.
Asks to borrow C. K. Sprengel’s Entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur [1793].
Botanists have no explanation of the case of Viola odorata and other showy flowers being sterile while inconspicuous ones bear seed.
Author: | George Bentham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Apr 1868 |
Classmark: | DAR 160: 161 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6147 |
From George Bentham [after 29 September 1868]
Summary
Asks CD to sign enclosed certificate first, as he does not know T. H. Farrer personally. [On top part of first two pages of a letter to Hooker from H. C. Rothery about Farrer’s nomination for Linnean Society]
Author: | George Bentham |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 29 Sept 1868] |
Classmark: | DAR 102: 237 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6405 |
Bentham, George | (3) |