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From:
Reginald Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Apr 1879
Source of text:
DAR 210.14: 21
Summary:

Is glad CD has found interest in "the old book" [Dr Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book].

Discusses Erasmus Darwin and his belongings, which RD has inherited.

Owns a portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Joseph Wright of Derby.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Stephen (Henry) Reeks
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Apr 1879
Source of text:
DAR 176: 84
Summary:

Suggests that mimicry of sainfoin by burnet plants is an adaptation against farmers’ weeding.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project