From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Dickie
Date:
[5 July 1861]
Source of text:
Liverpool Central Library
Summary:
Thanks for Listera specimen, which arrived withered from being sent in a wooden box.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Thanks for Listera specimen, which arrived withered from being sent in a wooden box.
His observations on Subularia: has never seen it in flower in the air.
Reports observations on Listera cordata in accordance with CD’s wishes.
Agrees with what CD says about adaptations [in Orchids, p. 28–31], but cannot comprehend how they can be explained by natural selection.