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DCP-LETT-4269

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Gardeners’ Chronicle
Date:
[before 15 Aug 1863]
Source of text:
Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette , 15 August 1863, p. 773
Summary:

Reports on the appearance, in a gravel walk near his house, of an orchid, Epipactis latifolia, never seen in his neighbourhood before. Asks whether a seed could have been blown from a distance and germinated during a season when the walk was neglected.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

Herschel13653

From:
Charles Babbage
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[15 August 1863]
Source of text:
TxU:H/M-0036; Reel 1062
Summary:

Charles Few will send deed for JH's signature. It transfers property of CB's sister [Mary Anne Hollier] in Cardiff to Marquis of Bute [J. P. C. Stuart]. Expects no further changes in trust and no more troubles for JH. Saw Alexander Herschel's work on 'shooting stars' published by B.A.A.S. Illness of CB's son [Henry P. Babbage] in India. CB's latest book.

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John Herschel Project
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