The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. [1874]. Abstractsof 8vo pamphlets and American Naturalist. CUL-DAR75.126. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 72-75 contain Darwin's abstracts of scientific books and journals.

F. Buchanan White. 1873. The influence of insect-agency on the distribution of plants. The American Naturalist, vol. 7 (May): 268-271.

C. E. Bessey. 1873. Sensitive stamens in Portulaca. The American Naturalist, vol. 7 (July): 464-465.

C. V. Riley. 1873. On the oviposition of the Yucca moth. The American Naturalist, vol. 7 (October): 619-623.

W. W. Bailey. 1873. Perforation of Gerardia Pedicularia by bees. The American Naturalist, vol. 7 (November): 689-690.

Anon. 1874. [Translation of Fritz Müller's, Investigations respecting the fertilization of abutilon (Itajhy, October., 1872)]. The American Naturalist, vol. 8 (April): 223-226.

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8vo pamphlet	841	Meehan on fertilisation of Pedicularis p. 13 +
8vo pamphlet	858	Apocynum fertilisation of +
8vo pamphlet	867	Downing on advantage of crossing short horns bears on my work +
American Nat.	1873 May p. 270	Beetle Meligethes go from flower of same species & so must carry pollen. +
American Nat.	1873 May p. 311.	Braun shows that Desmodium Triquetrum catch many insects by barbed hairs
American Nat.	1873 July p. 464	on Pushing or bending stamen of Portulacca makes them move toward pushing object
		p. 480 Kitessam view of case of sensitivity of stigma of [illeg] +
8vo pamphlet	(935)	Wilson fertilisation of cereals
American Nat.	Oct. 1873 p. 619	Riley on Yucca moth. Riley 5th annual Report p. 150 on do p. 181 on do
	Nov. 1873 p. 690	on Bees boring holes, + rather curious case.
	April 1874 p. 223.	Translation of F. Müller on Abutilon [p. 226: "Darwin, with his accustomed keenness of vision, has expressed* the conjecture that this diminution of fertility, observed so many times, is not a consequence of their hybrid nature, but of too close breeding in-and-in, and I am glad to be able to offer, in the examples of diminished fertility and complete sterility as a consequence of too close breeding in-and-un, in Abutilon-hybrids, herewith communicated, a new proof of the accuracy of Darwin's hypothesis." *Orig. Sp., 4th ed., 295.]
Jäeger in Sachen Darwin p. 102 – good remarks on nectar & protection for other insects &c &c p. 104 origin of nectar (??)
Howzeau. vol. 2	p 487 +	quote says Aristotle knew that Bees stick to the same flower. & quotes Dobbs in Phil. Transact 1736 to same effect.

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