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From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[early Aug 1856]
Source of text:
DAR 165: 93
Summary:

Believes intermediate varieties are generally less numerous in individuals than the two states that they connect.

Discusses the difficulties of deciding what is the typical form of a species

and gives some opinions on the variability of introduced species compared with indigenous species.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
24 Aug [1856]
Source of text:
Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (36)
Summary:

Rarity of intermediate varieties.

Variability of introduced plants.

Ranges of plants common to Europe and U. S.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project