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DCP-LETT-1616

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
Date:
[17 July 1861]
Source of text:
DAR 185: 49
Summary:

Difficulty of distinguishing varieties and species. Did HCW suggest a printed list that might help?

Polymorphic genera.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-3218

From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 July 1861
Source of text:
DAR 181: 38
Summary:

Distribution of varieties and subspecies.

George Maw’s review of the Origin [Zoologist 19 (1861): 7577–611].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13853

From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 24 July 1861]
Source of text:
DAR 47: 162
Summary:

Gives CD an instance of facts that can be read either way as to whether a plant (Veronica humifusa) is a species or a variety.

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DCP-LETT-3258

From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Sept 1861
Source of text:
DAR 181: 39
Summary:

The Primula experiments of J. Sidebotham; HCW’s distrust of the results [see J. Sidebotham, "Specific identity of the cowslip and the primrose", Phytologist 3 (1849): 703–5].

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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