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From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 May 1860
Source of text:
DAR 162.2: 237
Summary:

Has read Origin with pleasure.

Has performed many experiments which confirm his opinion that primrose, oxlip, and cowslip are three distinct species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 May 1860
Source of text:
DAR 162.2: 238
Summary:

Answers CD’s questions about his experiments with primroses, cowslips, and oxlips. HD is aware experiments must often be repeated many times. Has never met with the oxlip except where primrose and cowslip grow together.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 85: B47–8
Summary:

Proportion of sexes in Lepidoptera.

Sexual preference.

Role of coloration [see Descent 1: 311–12].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A11–12, DAR 86: A94
Summary:

On the proportion of sexes in moths; Lepidoptera females command higher prices; quotes Staudinger’s catalogue [see Descent 1: 311–12].

Ticking of Anobium tessellatum [see Descent 1: 385].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 81: 78, DAR 82: A8
Summary:

Otto Staudinger’s catalogue shows prices of female Lepidoptera to be higher than those of males.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Doubleday
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Apr 1868
Source of text:
DAR 82: A9–10
Summary:

On proportion of sexes;

coloration of sexes in Lepidoptera.

Sexual attraction of female Saturnia carpini.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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