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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
Julius Haast
Date:
3 December 1862
Source of text:
MS papers 37, folder 204, no. 531, Haast family papers, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
From:
Patrick Matthew
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Dec 1862
Source of text:
DAR 171: 91
Summary:

Apologises for not writing last summer. Scientific progress is all but complete. Our civilisation will fall now that it has reached the peak of its development.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Michael Faraday
To:
Peter Henry Berthon
Date:
3 December 1862
Source of text:
LMA CLC/526/MS 30108/4/133
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Scott
Date:
3 Dec [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 93: B60–3
Summary:

JS’s facts on Primula are new to CD.

In Linum CD has also found dimorphic and non-dimorphic species.

Plans to publish next autumn on successive homomorphic generations in Primula.

"Fluctuating forms" due to culture.

Urges JS to publish.

Lobelia functionally monoecious.

Where did JS publish on Clivia hybrids? Did he count parent and cross seeds, as Gärtner shows is necessary?

CD has done large experiments on artificially fertilised cowslips. They never resemble oxlips.

Would welcome detailed criticism of natural selection by a careful observer like JS. Most criticism worthless. Expects a great deal from Lyell’s reaction.

Suggests JS do orchid experiment to see if rostellum can be penetrated by pollen.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
W[illiam] G[eorge] Spencer
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[3 December 1862]
Source of text:
RS:HS 17.225
Summary:

In light of recent discussions of metric system, which WS dislikes for 'lack of divisibility,' asks where to find JH's article on advantages of British measurement system.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project