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To John St Barbe [before 3 July 1862]
Summary
Wishes to invest some money in railway shares; asks for the advice of the bank’s brokers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Union Bank |
| Date: | [before 3 July 1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 96: 5 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3358 |
From Frederick Currey 3 July 1862
Summary
G. B. Wollaston [in "British Orchideae", Phytologist n.s. 1 (1855–6): 225–7] says Ophrys arachnites is a hybrid, which contradicts CD, who says it is a new species.
| Author: | Frederick Currey |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 3 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161.2: 306 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3639 |
To George Maw 3 July [1862]
Summary
Thinks GM’s Pelargonium is a case of true correlated characters. Feels secondary sexual characters are only accidental correlations; does not see the same necessity for close simultaneous development of certain characters as GM does.
Will forward a copy of his Orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Maw |
| Date: | 3 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library (MAW/1/8) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3640 |
To Armand de Quatrefages 3 July [1862]
Summary
Can AdeQ verify the statement that the moths of the several races of the common silkworm are very similar?
When the female moth comes out of the cocoon, are her wings less developed than those of a male moth at the same stage?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Jean Louis Armand (Armand de Quatrefages) Quatrefages de Bréau |
| Date: | 3 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, département des Manuscrits (Manuscripts NAF 11824 ff. 68–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3640F |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Currey, Frederick | (1) |
Addressee
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Currey, Frederick | (1) |
| Maw, George | (1) |
| Quatrefages de Bréau, Armand de Quatrefages | (1) |
| Union Bank | (1) |
