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To J. D. Hooker 7 April [1855]
Summary
CD has begun seed-salting experiments. Wants JDH to write which seeds he expects to be easily killed [in salt water].
CD’s idea that coal-plants lived in salt water like mangroves made JDH savage.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 114: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1661 |
To M. J. Berkeley 7 April [1855]
Summary
Asks for a pea variety for an experiment.
Discusses C. F. v. Gärtner’s results [in Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich (1849)]. Criticises Gärtner’s belief that hybrids are always less fertile than their parents.
Asks about MJB’s experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Miles Joseph Berkeley |
| Date: | 7 Apr [1855] |
| Classmark: | Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/41) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1662 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Berkeley, M. J. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Berkeley, M. J. | (1) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
