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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Crawford Williamson
Date:
30 June [1875]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 March 1973)
Summary:

Thanks WCW for sending his lecture ‘The dawn of animal life’, which seems "a wonderfully clear & interesting sketch of the lower organisms".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Crawford Williamson
Date:
22 Oct [1877]
Source of text:
James G. Zimmer (private collection)
Summary:

Specimen ruined in transit.

Drosera spathulata modified form of D. rotundifolia.

Sends reference regarding Bolbophyllum.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Crawford Williamson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Oct 1877
Source of text:
DAR 86: B14–15
Summary:

Sends plant specimens for CD’s examination for genetic affinity with Drosera rotundifolia

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Crawford Williamson
Date:
24 Oct [1877]
Source of text:
Sotheby’s (dealers) (14 March 1973)
Summary:

Thanks WCW for sending specimens. Drosera spathulata must be descended from some form like D. rotundifolia.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Crawford Williamson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Jan 1878
Source of text:
DAR 181: 105
Summary:

Insectivorous plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
William Crawford Williamson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Sept 1878
Source of text:
DAR 181: 106
Summary:

Drosera species vary in form depending upon conditions. Send specimens

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Crawford Williamson
Date:
21 Sept [1878]
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
Summary:

Thanks him for plant specimens.

Asks about sowing Drosera seeds.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project