To T. H. Farrer 28 May [1870]
Summary
Fertilisation of barberries.
Passiflora.
Is continuing his experiments on the comparative growth of crossed and self-fertilised plants.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 28 May [1870] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/14) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7205 |
Matches: 3 hits
- … to Federico Delpino’s remarks on Johan Severin Axell’s monograph, Axell 1869 (see letter …
- … Federico Delpino, 20 May 1870 and n. 7). CD had lent his copy to Farrer (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter …
- … Federico Delpino, 14 October 1869 and n. 8). CD also refers to George Howard Darwin . CD refers to his research for Cross and self fertilisation. The last known visit by Farrer to Down House was sometime shortly before 9 October 1869 (see Correspondence vol. 17, letter …
To T. H. Farrer 10 October [1869]
Summary
Sympathises with THF at being forestalled by Delpino, but urges him to publish confirmation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 10 Oct [1869] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-6930 |
To T. H. Farrer 13 October [1872]
Summary
THF’s article in Nature ["The fertilisation of a few papilionaceous flowers", 6 (1872): 478–80, 498–501] is extremely good.
Suspects he now has answer to why common peas and sweetpeas hardly ever intercross, a point which half drove CD mad for years.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 13 Oct [1872] |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-8557 |
