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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
29 Nov [1857]
Source of text:
Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (18)
Summary:

Thanks AG for his criticisms of CD’s views; finds it difficult to avoid using the term "natural selection" as an agent.

Discusses crossing in Fumaria and barnacles.

Has received a naturally crossed kidney bean in which the seed-coat has been affected by the pollen of the fertilising plant.

Finds the rule of large genera having most varieties holds good and regards it as most important for his "principle of divergence".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project