From:
William Bennett
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Apr 1864
Source of text:
DAR 160: 146
Summary:
Will send grasses CD asked about.
Reports observations on brood of Australian chicks he is hatching.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Unidentified
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Apr 1864
Source of text:
DAR 174: 1
Summary:
On rereading the Origin, offers a criticism on two grounds: 1. Blending inheritance; 2. The tendency of species to elude competing species. Also competition within species eliminates the weak and thus preserves the species.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[30 Apr 1864]
Source of text:
DAR 108: 84
Summary:
[Outline sketches of pollen from long- and short-styled yellow cowslips and from red cowslip, magnified 350x.]
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project