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DCP-LETT-3526

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 30 May 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.1: 47
Summary:

Has looked for [Ophrys] arachnites for CD, but it is too early in the season.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3575

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
30 May [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 152
Summary:

Has received Melastoma and Vanilla.

Has seen again the two sets of plants of Heterocentron raised from two lots of pollen from same flower – a marvellous difference in stature.

"But oh Lord what will become of my book on variation: I am involved in a multiplicity of experiments."

Observations on Viola.

CD’s fancied dimorphism of Oxalis is all a confounded mistake; only great variability in length of pistils.

Found Henslow’s life [L. Jenyns, Memoir of the Rev. J. S. Henslow (1862)] interesting but fears the public will think it dull.

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DCP-LETT-3577

From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.2: 50
Summary:

Awaits instructions for sending lizard orchid.

Asks for a coloured plate of Malaxis paludosa so that he can find specimens for CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3578

From:
George Dickie
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 162.2: 178
Summary:

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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3579

From:
Joseph Beete Jukes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 May 1862
Source of text:
DAR 168: 91
Summary:

Elaborates his denudation theory: marine denudation works horizontally, atmospheric works vertically.

Answers point in CD’s letter on Sydney Harbour, N. S. W.

Who is the "goose" who reviews CD’s books in the Athenæum [review of Orchids, 24 May 1862]?

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