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From E. A. Darwin 17 [July 1867]
Summary
Wynne [gardener] suggests he should be paid from the money from the sale of the Mount, but EAD suggests an annual subscription instead.
| Author: | Erasmus Alvey Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 [July 1867] |
| Classmark: | DAR 105: B55 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5369 |
From Salt & Sons 17 July 1867
Summary
Discusses proposed sale of house and provision for Wynne, the gardener, and his wife.
| Author: | Salt & Sons |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 July 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 177: 10 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5583 |
From Fritz Müller 17 July 1867
Summary
Thanks CD for sending F. H. G. Hildebrand’s book on fertilisation [Die Geschlechter-Vertheilung bei den Pflanzen (1867)]
and J. D. Hooker’s "Lecture on insular floras".
Describes work on Rubiaceae, Oxalis,
and on crossing orchids. Lists crosses made.
As for CD’s query concerning sexual differences among invertebrates, he gives the case of the local amphipod, Brachyscellus diversilor. Male differs in shape of antennae and coloration.
Also mentions local fish in sea near Sta Catharina which emits melodic tone to attract females.
| Author: | Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 July 1867 |
| Classmark: | Möller ed. 1915–21, 2: 130–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5583A |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Müller, Fritz | (1) |
| Salt & Sons | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Darwin, E. A. | (1) |
| Müller, Fritz | (1) |
| Salt & Sons | (1) |
