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DCP-LETT-8362

From:
Hubert Airy
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 May 1872
Source of text:
DAR 159: 15
Summary:

A review and criticism of Chauncey Wright’s paper on phyllotaxy [Mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci. n.s. 9 (1867–73): 379–415]. Does not believe that the "distributive" and "cyclical" properties, which CW claims characterise the existing spiral orders of leaf arrangement, can be shown to be advantageous to plants. CW’s speculations on the origins of the spiral arrangement of leaves are purely hypothetical.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-8363

From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 May 1872
Source of text:
DAR 165: 180
Summary:

Sends, via C. L. Brace, his book [Botany for young people, pt 2 How plants behave (1872)], "your own science adapted to juvenile minds".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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FVM-72-05-08

From:
George Bentham
To:
Ferdinand von Mueller
Date:
8 May 1872
Source of text:
RB MSS M3, Library, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-72-05-19

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
19 May 1872
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 93
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-72-05-20

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Joseph Hooker
Date:
20 May 1872
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-1881, ff. 41-42
Summary:

No summary available.

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Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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FVM-72-05-20a

From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
George Bentham
Date:
20 May 1872
Source of text:
RBG Kew, Kew Correspondence, Australia, Mueller, 1871-81, f. 40
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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WCP3284

From:
ARW's pilot in the Aru Islands
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
3? May 1872
Source of text:
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46442 f. 93
  • British Library, The: BL Add. 46442 f. 92
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP3588

From:
John Hampden
To:
[Henry Creswicke] [Rawlinson]
Date:
12 May 1872
Source of text:
Royal Geographical Society: RGS Corr. Block CB6 1871-80 HAMPDEN, JOHN
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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WCP6973

From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
B. Charles Brough
Date:
22 May 1872
Source of text:
Brough, B. C. (1873). The non-convexity of water. A reply to Mr. Wallace. The Zetetic: A Monthly Journal of Cosmographical Science : 1 (7): 56-57 [p. 57]
Summary:

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Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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