From W. H. Leggett 15 January 1877
Summary
At Asa Gray’s request, writes what he knows about Pontederia cordata.
| Author: | William Henry Leggett |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 109: B127–8 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10790 |
From F. W. Pim 15 January 1877
Summary
Reply to CD’s note ["Holly berries", Collected papers 2: 189–90] from a beekeeper: attributes the scarcity of bees to the harshness of weather in preceding spring.
| Author: | Frederic William Pim |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | DAR 174: 73 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10791 |
From W. E. Darwin [15 January 1877]
Summary
Thanks for the copy of Orchids.
| Author: | William Erasmus Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [15 Jan 1877] |
| Classmark: | Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 66) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10794F |
To D. F. Nevill 15 January 1877
Summary
Thanks DN for references.
The Apocyanaceae that catch Lepidoptera represent the most gratuitous case of cruelty in nature known to CD, since the captured butterfly is of no use to the plant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill |
| Date: | 15 Jan 1877 |
| Classmark: | Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10789 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Leggett, W. H. | (1) |
| Pim, F. W. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Nevill, D. F. | (1) |
| Walpole, D. F. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
| Darwin, W. E. | (1) |
| Leggett, W. H. | (1) |
| Nevill, D. F. | (1) |
| Pim, F. W. | (1) |
