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DCP-LETT-2825

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
8 June [1860]
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (40)
Summary:

Discusses recent reviews of Origin and has made a note on Owen’s [see 2737].

Has become interested in the floral structures of orchids.

Notes his recent observations on Primula; believes he has found male and female forms.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-2825A

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 June 1860
Source of text:
DAR 157a
Summary:

Glad to hear good news of Etty [Henrietta Darwin].

CD’s observations on Scaevola are capital. The indusium collects the pollen and is the homologue of the pollen-collecting hairs of Campanula. A boat-shaped organ forms a second indusium, the inside base of which forms the stigmatic surface. The latter later protrudes as horns, forming the stigma.

Describes W. H. Harvey’s scientific career and thinks his letter interesting. Agrees with Harvey that the primary agency of natural selection is as great a mystery as ever. [Response to 2823.]

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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Faraday3788

From:
George Gabriel Stokes
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 June 1860
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
Summary:

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Faraday Project
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