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To George Bentham   16 February 1880

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CD pleased to be of use to GB. He remembers his own work on orchids with pleasure. Thinks GB will be able to improve CD’s terminology for orchids.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Bentham
Date:  16 Feb 1880
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830-1884, GEB/1/3: f. 722)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12485

To George Bentham   27 December 1880

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Asks GB to sign certificate for Francis Darwin [candidate for Royal Society].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  George Bentham
Date:  27 Dec 1880
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Bentham Correspondence, Vol. 3, Daintree–Dyer, 1830–1884, GEB/1/3: f. 723)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12942

From George Bentham   15 February 1880

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Has been at work on Orchideae for Genera plantarum and has found CD’s Orchids wonderfully useful. Comments on some problems of botanical terminology.

Author:  George Bentham
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Feb 1880
Classmark:  DAR 160: 171
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12482

From George Bentham   28 December 1880

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Pleased to sign certificate for Francis Darwin.

Has never underrated importance of [plant] physiological studies, especially when carried out as FD has been doing.

Author:  George Bentham
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 Dec 1880
Classmark:  DAR 160: 172
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12947
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