From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
26[–7] Nov [1862]
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (50)
Summary:
Discusses AG’s article ["Dimorphism", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 419–20]. Does not like the terms "dioecio-dimorphism" or "precocious fertilisation". Discusses the separation of sexes in plants; cannot doubt that hermaphroditism is the aboriginal state.
Discusses AG’s observations on orchids and his review of Orchids [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 138–51].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project