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From:
Joseph Prestwich
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
27 June 1855
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 267
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Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Red and white campions: JSH regards them as races, not species; a flesh-coloured intermediate exists.
Sends a list of "close" species from his Manual of botany.
Hopes Hooker or CD will write an essay on species. Discusses some of the difficulties of defining botanical species.