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From:
Darwin, G. H.
To:
Darwin, H. E.
Date:
[April or May 1865]
Source of text:
DAR 251: 2238
Summary:
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Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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Will be proud to publish CD’s new work on domestic animals [Variation]. Will announce it as the complement of the Origin. Advises on woodcuts; does not wish to limit number; agrees to CD’s suggestions for artists.
Observations for CD on oxlips, which she finds never grow near cowslips or primroses.
Sends camera outlines of pollen. Thinks the red longstyled ones are more sterile than the yellow.
Notes on the caste system of India; its influences on form and habit.