From:
Edward Blyth
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 Nov 1855]
Source of text:
DAR 98: A108–A109
Summary:
History of the rose in India.
Looks forward to reading what Hooker and Thompson say on species and varieties in their Flora Indica [1855].
Domestication of the turkey in America. The Peruvians had domestic dogs. W. W. Robinson of Assam reports that otters are extensively trained for fishing but cormorants never are. Gives Robinson’s comments on local domestic geese, rabbits, and cats.
EB has skins of jungle fowl from different localities to send.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
