From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Mar 1858
Source of text:
DAR 100: 115e–f
Summary:
Continued objections to methods and conclusions of CD’s survey.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Continued objections to methods and conclusions of CD’s survey.
Extracts from MS of vol. 4 of HCW’s Cybele Britannica [1847–59] showing the diversity of views on species among botanists.
States his belief that there is a tendency to note varieties in the larger genera rather than in the very small ones.
Summary of JDH’s objections to CD’s survey of floras and conclusion that large genera vary more than small.
Discusses the ranges of species in large and small genera; difficulties involved in limiting the discussion to Britain.