To Ray Society1 [before 7 January 1865]2
1141 In reference to Minutes 1118 & 1132, the consideration of the Translation of Gaertner’s work on Bastardezeugung was then resumed, & a letter from Mr Darwin was read stating that the work was in no degree antiquated & that no one would be able to add to it notes of much value—3 The production of an English Translation of this work being strongly recommended both by Mr Darwin & Dr Hooker | Resolved to accept the Translation of Gaertner’s work for an early year.4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Curle, Richard. 1954. The Ray Society: a bibliographical history. London: Ray Society.
Gärtner, Karl Friedrich von. 1849. Versuche und Beobachtungen über die Bastarderzeugung im Pflanzenreich. Mit Hinweisung auf die ähnlichen Erscheinungen im Thierreiche, ganz umgearbeitete und sehr vermehrte Ausgabe der von der Königlich holländischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart.
Summary
Concerning the proposed translation of K. F. von Gärtner’s Bastarderzeugung (1849).
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4744F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Ray Society
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Library MSS RAY A: vol. 2, p. 106r: Minute 1141, 13th January 1865)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4744F,” accessed on 16 May 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4744F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13