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DCP-LETT-3282

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 Oct 1861
Source of text:
DAR 109: 82–3, DAR 110 (ser. 2): 117, DAR 111: 83
Summary:

Notes several cases of "dioecio-dimorphism" in different genera; feels the discovery of pollen that will act only on the pistil of another flower is most important. Believes CD should next turn his attention to investigating cases of "precocious fertilisation".

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3283

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
[after 11 Oct 1861]
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (51a)
Summary:

Thanks AG for notes on hollies.

Replies to an argument for design. Feels it monstrous to consider orchids created as they are now seen, since every part reveals modification on modification.

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