To George Bentham 17 June [1861]
Summary
Asks for specimen of Orchis pyramidalis for his work on insect fertilisation of orchids.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 17 June [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 697) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3186 |
To George Bentham 22 June [1861]
Summary
Thanks GB for specimen [of Orchis pyramidalis].
Discusses a great difficulty with orchids: "Insects visit several species which never secrete an atom of honey." [See Orchids, p. 44ff.] Does GB know whether nectar is ever secreted and reabsorbed promptly?
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 22 June [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 692) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3193 |
To George Bentham 9 November [1861]
Summary
Thanks GB for arranging for his paper ["Two forms of Primula", Collected papers 2: 45–63] and for his photograph.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 9 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 693) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3314 |
To George Bentham 24 November [1861]
Summary
Requests more precise details about Oxalis, to which GB referred in his remarks on Primula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 24 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 688 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3328 |
To George Bentham 26 November [1861]
Summary
Would prefer to have Primula paper published in the Linnean Society’s Journal rather than Transactions.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 26 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 689) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3330 |
To George Bentham 30 November [1861]
Summary
Thanks GB for valuable letter [3331].
Will follow his suggestion about violets.
Discusses differences between Thymus and Primula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Bentham |
| Date: | 30 Nov [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 691) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3335 |
From George Bentham 26 November 1861
Summary
Remarks about Labiatae, Linum, Oxalis and Viola occasioned by hearing CD’s paper ["Two forms of Primula", read 21 Nov 1861, Collected papers 2: 45–63].
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 Nov 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 111: 73–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3331 |
From George Bentham 29 November 1861
Summary
Lists pairs of Oxalis species with differing proportions of stamens and styles.
| Author: | George Bentham |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 Nov 1861 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109 (ser. 2): 121 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3332 |
| letter | (8) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (6) |
| Bentham, George | (2) |
| Bentham, George | (6) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
