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To John Scott 12 November [1862]
Summary
Discusses whether or not "male" Acropera bear fruit. JS’s interpretation of Acropera pollination is ingenious. Pollen-tubes of some cleistogamous flowers germinate in the anthers.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 12 Nov [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B7–10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3805 |
To John Scott 19 November [1862]
Summary
Praises JS’s experimenting.
Has he ever studied the relative fertility of varieties? CD very interested in this subject.
Discusses Acropera.
Wants to quote JS on Zea [Variation 1: 321].
CD sends his Primula paper [Collected papers 2: 45–63].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott |
| Date: | 19 Nov [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 93: B11–B14, DAR 147: 431 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3814 |
