From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
13 Sept [1864]
Source of text:
DAR 115: 249a–b
Summary:
Pleased that Bentham is cautious about Naudin’s view of reversion. CD can show experimentally that crossing of races and species tends to bring back ancient characters.
Suggests Gärtner’s Bastarderzeugung [1849] be translated
and that Oliver review Scott’s Primula paper [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 78–126] for a future issue of Natural History Review.
Is working on Variation.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
