Letter from C. Darwin [Charles Darwin] [to William Robinson]
Information
Title
Letter from C. Darwin [Charles Darwin] [to William Robinson]
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
WRO/2/026
Date
5 May 1866
Scope & content
Written from Down, Bromley, Kent, SE. Manuscript
He thanks Robinson; it would be superfluous to castrate the flowers which are infused[?] with pollen from a distinct plant grown under as different circumstances as may be; the flowers fertilised with their own pollen should be protected from insects; he was pleased to see Robinson’s election to the Linnean Society
Dated 5 May, no year [1866; Robinson was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society on 19 Apr 1866]