To Alexander Goodman More 24 June [1860]
Summary
Asks for information about pollen of bee orchid. Asks for specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 24 June [1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2841 |
To A. G. More [30 June 1860]
Summary
Asks about removal of pollen-masses in bee orchid.
Will return home on 5th and go to Charles Langton’s on the 9th.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | [30 June 1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2849 |
To A. G. More 3 July [1860]
Summary
Thanks for orchid specimens.
On 10th and 11th will be at Tunbridge Wells.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 3 July [1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2857 |
To A. G. More 3 August [1860]
Summary
Thanks for Epipactis.
Has AGM looked at pollen masses of bee orchid? Discusses method of insect fertilisation. Asks for specimens.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 3 Aug [1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2889 |
To A. G. More 5 August [1860]
Summary
Thanks for observations on bee orchid.
Comments on Hooker’s ["On the functions and structure of the rostellum of Listera ovata", Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 144 (1854): 259–64].
Discusses rostellum and describes fertilisation of Epipactis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 5 Aug [1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2890 |
To A. G. More 9 August [1860]
Summary
Asks AGM to make an experiment on Epipactis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 9 Aug [1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2894 |
To A. G. More 5 September [1860]
Summary
Discusses Spiranthes. Did AGM see dipterous insects insert proboscis?
Asks for information about Epipactis.
Describes fertilisation of Orchis pyramidalis.
Has received moth with pollen from O. pyramidalis.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Alexander Goodman More |
| Date: | 5 Sept [1860] |
| Classmark: | Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2906 |
