The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects

Title Variants

Alternative: Fertilisation of orchids
Uniform: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects

Related Titles

Related/Analytical: On the fertilisation of orchids by insects

By

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, John Murray, 1890

Edition

2d ed., rev.

Notes

1st edition pub. in 1862, under title: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing.

On spine: Fertilisation of orchids.

Caption title: On the fertilisation of orchids by insects, &c. &c.

"List of papers and books bearing on the fertilisation of the Orchideae, which have been published since the appearance of the first edition of this work in 1862, arranged in chronological order": p.

Signatures: [A][superscript 8] B-T[superscript 8] U[superscript 6], [superscript 2]B-C[superscript 8].

Includes index.

Publisher's advertisements: p. 1-32 after the index.

Advertisements at end dated: July, 1892.

Originally published as: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing.

Subjects

Fertilization of plants , Fertilization of plants by insects , Inscriptions (Provenance) , Orchids , Pollination by insects , Reproduction

Call Number

QK495.O64 .D24 1890

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.37883
OCLC: 8092392