From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 May 1855
Source of text:
DAR 106: D1–D2
Summary:
Has filled up CD’s paper [see 1674].
Distribution and relationships of alpine flora in U. S.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Has filled up CD’s paper [see 1674].
Distribution and relationships of alpine flora in U. S.
Sends a list of "close" species from his Manual of botany.
Hopes Hooker or CD will write an essay on species. Discusses some of the difficulties of defining botanical species.
Is collecting facts on variation; questions AG on the alpine flora of the U. S.
Sends a list of plants from AG’s Manual of botany [1848] and asks him to append the ranges of the species.