To John Innes 15 December [1861]
Summary
Delighted to have Quiz [Johnny Innes’ dog].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Brodie Innes |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3343 |
To John Lindley 15 December [1861]
Summary
Thanks JL for a flower of Bolbophyllum, a genus that puzzles him.
Recent work has convinced him a number of orchids are male. Points out that JL [in The vegetable kingdom (1846), pp. 177–8] "accidentally misquoted" R. H. Schomburgk on this point.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Lindley |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 198) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3344 |
To H. W. Bates 15 December [1861]
Summary
Praises MS of first chapter of HWB’s book [The naturalist on the river Amazons (1863)]. Suggests he give common names and make comparisons to familiar English species to help readers. Suggests a few changes. Will speak strongly to Murray about publishing whenever HWB is ready.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Date: | 15 Dec [1861] |
| Classmark: | Leeds University Library Special Collections (Brotherton collection) (tipped into a copy of Bates 1892) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3345 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Addressee
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Innes, J. B. | (1) |
| Lindley, John | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Innes, J. B. | (1) |
| Lindley, John | (1) |
