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DCP-LETT-13313

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francisco de Arruda Furtado
Date:
2 Sept 1881
Source of text:
Historical Archive of the Museums of the University of Lisbon (PT/MUL/FAF/C/01/0021)
Summary:

Sends a copy of A. R. Wallace’s work [The geographical distribution of animals (1876)].

Advises Fd’AF on how to carry out his work, "Keep notes & go on accumulating facts". CD will write to J. D. Hooker about the plants Fd’AF has collected.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13331

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francisco de Arruda Furtado
Date:
12 Sept 1881
Source of text:
Historical Archive of the Museums of the University of Lisbon (PT/MUL/FAF/C/01/0022)
Summary:

Hooker would be very glad to see the mountain plants Fd’AF has collected.

Hooker says huge cypress trunks have been found buried in the ground [in the Azores]; the site needs to be described and investigated. CD suggests collecting earth from same bed to see whether any seeds have remained viable.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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