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From:

Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand

To:

Charles Robert Darwin

Date:

5 Feb 1872

Source of text:

DAR 166: 212

Summary:

Praise for Descent.

Contributor:

Darwin Correspondence Project

From:

Charles Robert Darwin

To:

Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand

Date:

9 Feb 1872

Source of text:

Klaus Groove (private collection); sold by Venator and Hanstein, Cologne (dealers), 16 March 2018

Summary:

Comments on FH’s paper ["Verbreitungsmittel der Compositenfrüchte", Bot. Ztg. 30 (1872): 1–14].

Discusses function of mucus filaments on seeds of Compositae and other plants.

Comments on Eugen Askenasy’s publication [Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwin’schen Lehre (1872)].

Comments on evolutionary views of Carl Nägeli.

Contributor:

Darwin Correspondence Project