To W. A. Leighton 21 November [1858]
Summary
Thanks WAL for specimens and observations [on scarlet runner beans]. CD is perplexed whether to account for the changes as due to simple variation or to crossing. The information will be used when he finally comes to a conclusion on the subject [see Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 151].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Allport Leighton |
| Date: | 21 Nov [1858] |
| Classmark: | DAR 112: B97–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2368 |
Matches: 1 hit
- … Francis Darwin’s request. Gärtner 1849 . See letter from Samuel Wells, 17 November 1858 . A response to CD’s inquiry was published in Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 20 November 1858, p. 845. See also letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle , [before 13 November 1858], n. 21, and letter from Samuel Wells, 17 November 1858 , n. 5. CD did not use Leighton’s information until 1876, …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Leighton, W. A. | (1) |
