Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from C. R. Darwin to J. D. Hooker 9 February [1862]
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Thanks JDH for box of melastomes</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>and a very valuable reference from Daniel Oliver.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Is crossing <i>Monochaetum</i> which he thinks is dimorphic.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Is "sometimes half tempted to give up species & stick to experiments".</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Pollen of <i>Bletia hyacinthina</i> is quite unlike other <i>Bletia</i> species but exactly the same as <i>Epipactis</i>.</p>