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DCP-LETT-3796

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
6 Nov [1862]
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (78)
Summary:

Agrees Max Müller’s book [see 3752] is interesting but cannot see how it will further his "cause".

A book by J. W. Colenso [The Pentateuch and book of Joshua critically examined, pt 1 (1862)] has just appeared and will "make a noise".

Would like some observations made on Cypripedium.

Will not publish yet on Lythrum as he must make many more crosses; the mid-styled is fertile with half of its own stamens.

Would like to try a few experiments on tendrils.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3820

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
23 Nov [1862]
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (49)
Summary:

Recommends H. W. Bates’s paper on butterflies of Amazonia ["Insect fauna of the Amazon valley", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 23 (1862): 495–566].

Lyell’s book [Antiquity of man (1863)] is eagerly awaited.

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DCP-LETT-3830

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
26[–7] Nov [1862]
Source of text:
Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (50)
Summary:

Discusses AG’s article ["Dimorphism", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 419–20]. Does not like the terms "dioecio-dimorphism" or "precocious fertilisation". Discusses the separation of sexes in plants; cannot doubt that hermaphroditism is the aboriginal state.

Discusses AG’s observations on orchids and his review of Orchids [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 34 (1862): 138–51].

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