To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 15 August 1863]
Summary
Reports on the appearance, in a gravel walk near his house, of an orchid, Epipactis latifolia, never seen in his neighbourhood before. Asks whether a seed could have been blown from a distance and germinated during a season when the walk was neglected.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
Date: | [before 15 Aug 1863] |
Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, 15 August 1863, p. 773 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4269 |
To [Gardeners’ Chronicle] [after 27 August 1863]
Summary
[Roland] Trimen of the Cape of Good Hope sends evidence that a moth [Achaea chamaeleon] is capable of perforating the skin of a peach with its delicate proboscis. Have any readers observed moths or butterflies sucking any fruit of which the skin was not previously broken?
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
Date: | [after 27 Aug 1863] |
Classmark: | DAR 70: 172 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4279F |
To Gardeners’ Chronicle [before 29 August 1863]
Summary
On the cruelty of setting steel traps to catch vermin. Requests suggestions for putting an end to the practice. [This item is mentioned in Correspondence 11: 781 n.6. (Appendix IX)]
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Gardeners’ Chronicle |
Date: | [before 29 Aug 1863] |
Classmark: | Gardeners’ Chronicle, 29 August 1863, pp. 821–2 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4282 |
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Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Gardeners’ Chronicle |