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From:
Asa Gray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Aug 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 165: 100, 101
Summary:

States he has "misgivings about the definiteness of species". Believes there is some inherent tendency for plants to originate varieties. Cross-fertilisation is likely in most cases but sees difficulties with plants like Adlumia.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
1 Aug [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 206, 207
Summary:

Important issue at stake with new flora calculations: evidence that species are only strongly marked varieties. Planning large-scale survey.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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