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From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 101: 36
Summary:

Does not know Rhododendron boothii; is sending Rhododendron keysii, a remarkable form. Will send Melastomataceae anon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 106/7 (ser. 2): 2–3
Summary:

Acknowledges Orchids with its disclosures of "wonderful adaptations".

Warns that CD aids critics by overstating the difficulties.

Did Owen write the article in the Quarterly Review? [Review of Origin by Samuel Wilberforce, Q. Rev. 108 (1860): 225–64].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
William Lassell
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[23 May 1862]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 12/1.7.2; Reel 10
Summary:

Recently observed nebulae. Changes in island climate reduce observation time. Happy that JH plans to publish all nebulae in one catalogue. Has no new ones to offer. Observations of Saturn's rings. WL's telescope.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
John Tyndall
To:
Edward Frankland
Date:
Tuesday night
Source of text:
MS JT/1/TYP/12/3970, RI
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Tyndall Project