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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Rivers
Date:
1 Feb [1863]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (23–4 July 1987)
Summary:

Answers TR’s query about stomata.

CD will use "weeping trees" as an example of how inexplicable the laws of inheritance are, and asks for facts on character of seedlings.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Rivers
Date:
5 Mar [1863]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (23–4 July 1987)
Summary:

Thanks for information on weeping trees; asks for a few weeping elm seeds.

The double peach is in flower; the almond has not flowered; will beg a specimen of fruit later.

Has been unwell.

Tells of Hooker’s admiration for TR’s articles.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project