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To Roland Trimen 13 May 1864
Summary
Oxalis plants have arrived safely [see 4347].
CD regrets his mistake about Disa; will correct it.
Thanks RT for his additional facts about Disa.
Is recovering slowly from ten months’ illness.
Asks whether Strelitzia reginae grows in gardens at the Cape. Suspects it must be fertilised by a bird.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 13 May 1864 |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 59) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4493 |
To Roland Trimen 25 November 1864
Summary
Has forwarded RT’s paper on Bonatea to the Linnean Society [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1865): 156–60].
The Oxalis sent by RT flowered but CD has made out only two forms; he thinks there ought to be three, so would welcome more seed.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 25 Nov 1864 |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 60) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4680 |
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- … 1864 and n. 8. Promeropidae, or sugarbirds, are a family native to South Africa, whose long, curved bills enable them to feed on nectar ( Oxford dictionary of natural history ). CD received a specimen of Strelitzia from Joseph Dalton Hooker in April 1865 (see Correspondence vol. 13, letter to J. D. …
- … 1864] and n. 1. The letter from Trimen has not been found. CD had received a description and drawings of Satyrium from Trimen in January 1863 (see Correspondence vol. 11, letter to J. D. Hooker, …
To Roland Trimen 27 August [1863]
Summary
Discusses methods of pollination in orchids.
Thinks RT should investigate Physianthus to see if it requires insect aid for fertilisation as the Asclepiadaceae do.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Roland Trimen |
| Date: | 27 Aug [1863] |
| Classmark: | Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 57) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4279 |
