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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Stevens Henslow
Date:
2 Apr [1860]
Source of text:
DAR 93: A65–6
Summary:

Reminds JSH to send "sketch & account of the wasp’s comb in transitional state from horizontal to vertical, & the country whence procured".

Asks for information on spread of Anacharis [Elodea].

Sedgwick [in criticism of Origin] was not very fair, but Murray says it is splendid for selling copies to "the unfortunate students".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Apr 1860
Source of text:
DAR 166.1:180 [diagram here]
Summary:

Sketch and description of a [wasp’s] nest from Cuba. [Notes by CD on wasps’ nests and comb-building habits of hive-bees.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project