From C. W. Crocker 31 October 1862
Summary
Difficulties in beginning experiments upon retirement.
Describes his observations on insect pollination of Antirrhinum and the effect of excluding the pollinators.
Has been observing variant forms of Plantago
and comparing local orchids with CD’s observations.
Possibility of an intermediate-styled primrose.
His experiments at Kew and J. B. Lawes’s at Harpenden on deterioration of vegetables and cereals.
| Author: | Charles William Crocker |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 31 Oct 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 76 (ser. 2): 84a–d |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3790 |
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Author
| Crocker, C. W. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Crocker, C. W. | |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Date
| 1862 | (1) |
