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DCP-LETT-3840

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Journal of Horticulture
Date:
[before 2 Dec 1862]
Source of text:
Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman n.s. 3 (1862): 696
Summary:

Asks for authentic information on following questions: 1. Has the weight of the gooseberry variety London subsequently exceeded the 1845 record of 880 grains?

2. Is any record kept of the diameter of the largest pansies?

3. How early does any variety of Dahlia flower and do some varieties withstand frost better than others?

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3841

From:
Thomas Henry Huxley
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Dec 1862
Source of text:
DAR 166.2: 296
Summary:

Sends first three of his Lectures to working men [on our knowledge of the phenomena of organic nature (1863)]. Does not intend them to be widely circulated.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-3842

From:
Robert Swinhoe
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Dec 1862
Source of text:
DAR 177: 327
Summary:

Sends CD a Chinese breed of guinea-pig. Has heard it claimed that the domestic guinea-pig will not interbreed with the wild rock cavy and that, therefore, artificial selection has formed a new species.

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