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DCP-LETT-1759

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
3 [Sept 1855]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 18)
Summary:

Approves drawing. No one who cannot draw should attempt to be a naturalist. Suggests corrections to [Lepas?] drawing. Comments on position of ganglia, cement glands, and stomach.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1753

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Allen (Harry) Wedgwood
Date:
5 Sept [1855]
Source of text:
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological collections)
Summary:

Thanks HAW for columbine and asparagus seeds and for counting pods for him. CD is astonished at the number of pods. Needs more seeds for one of his experiments.

Has he met Huxley yet? He is a very clever man.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1754

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Bernhard Tegetmeier
Date:
[13 Sept 1855]
Source of text:
Archives of the New York Botanical Garden (Charles Finney Cox Collection)
Summary:

Would welcome any distinct breed of poultry and would be glad to have any good pigeons.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-1757

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
29 [Sept 1855]
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 21); Janet Huxley (private collection)
Summary:

Responds to THH’s questioning of his observations on cirripede anatomy with extensive discussion of what he observed. Admits his elementary knowledge of microscopical structures but seriously doubts he has erred. Cement glands, ovarian tubes, etc.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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