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From:
P. L. Sclater
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
March 1857
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 279
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Lubbock, 4th baronet and 1st Baron Avebury
Date:
[6 Mar 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 71
Summary:
Voting to elect JL [a member of Athenaeum].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
[7 Mar 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 26
Summary:
Thinking about HF’s paper on Plagiaulax [Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 13 (1857): 261–82]. Owen might answer that all Purbeck mammals are marsupials.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Mar 1857
Source of text:
DAR 181: 35
Summary:
HCW is trying to define what CD means by "variable" genera.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Hill
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
12 Mar 1857
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 238
Summary:
Comments on transport of ducks to Jamaica by hurricanes,
fish feeding on seeds,
and sterility of birds in captivity.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
13 Mar 1857
Source of text:
DAR 181: 36
Summary:
Describes problems of classifying species in highly variable genera. Lists highly variable genera. Comments on the list of Asa Gray. Says species may be made to appear more or less variable according to whether a genus is divided into few or many species.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
15 Mar [1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 193
Summary:
Separation of sexes in trees [U. S.].
Do plants offer positive evidence for "continuous land" theory?
Protean genera.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
[21 Mar 1857]
Source of text:
DAR 114: 192a
Summary:
Ranges of species in large vs small genera: Asa Gray’s compilation fits CD’s expectation.
CD studies seedling mortality in his weed garden.
JDH’s work on Indian flora.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Tenant
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Mar 1857
Source of text:
DAR 205.2: 257
Summary:
Sends account of his successful experiments in feeding wheat seeds to minnows.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
