From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Roland Trimen
Date:
31 Jan [1863]
Source of text:
Royal Entomological Society (Trimen papers, box 21: 78)
Summary:
Thanks RT for his letter and MS.
Is astonished by the different forms of orchids he describes.
Urges RT to describe and experiment with two or three of the more distinct genera.
"I believe, or am inclined to believe in one or very few primordial forms, from community of structure and early embryonic resemblances in each great class."
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project