From C. W. Nägeli1 31 March 1867
31 Mars 1867
12 pages
Mon cher Monsieur!
sur sa critique de ma theorie du perfectionnement deux choses à distinguer:
1) la relation entre la morphologie et la physiologie. Il y a certaines lois morphologiques qui sont données par la nature de la cellule végétale et qui sont tout à indépendantes de l’utilité (Position des feuilles, position des cellules etc.) Ceci est sur.
2) la relation entre la morphologie et le perfectionnement, qui est discutable. Je crois que les lois morphologiques impliquent le perfectionnement, savoir la transformation dans un organisme plus compliqué.2
sur mon travail sur les Hieracium: méthode
les Hieraciums et le transformation; plusieurs procès de transmutation avant les périodes glaciales.3
Resumé de mes mémoires (que je lui envoie)4
Collections de Hieracium.
J’aimerais avoir un correspondant en Angleterre qui pût me procurer toutes les formes britanniques.5
avec Mittheilungen 18–29
Entstehung der Art II
Photographie6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Nägeli, Carl Wilhelm von. 1863–81. Botanische Mittheilungen. 3 vols. Munich: F. Straub.
Nägeli, Carl Wilhelm von. 1865. Entstehung und Begriff der naturhistorischen Art. 2d edition. Munich: Verlag der königl. Akademie.
Translation
From C. W. Nägeli1 31 March 1867
31 March 1867
12 pages
My dear Sir,
In his critique of my theory of perfectibility two things to differentiate:
1) the relation between morphology and physiology. There are certain morphological laws which are given by the nature of the plant cell and which are completely independent of utility (Position of leaves, position of cells etc.) This is certain.
2) the relation between morphology and perfectibility, which is debatable. I believe that morphological laws imply improvement, that is to say transformation into a more complex organism.2
on my work on the Hieracium: method
Hieraciums and transmutation, several processes of transmutation before the ice ages.3
Summary of my papers (which I am sending him)4
Collections of Hieracium.
I would like to have a correspondent in England who could procure all the British varieties for me.5
with Mittheilungen 18–29
Entstehung der Art II
Photograph6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Nägeli, Carl Wilhelm von. 1863–81. Botanische Mittheilungen. 3 vols. Munich: F. Straub.
Nägeli, Carl Wilhelm von. 1865. Entstehung und Begriff der naturhistorischen Art. 2d edition. Munich: Verlag der königl. Akademie.
Summary
Summarises his 12-page letter in which he responds to CD’s criticisms of his theory of ‘perfectibility’.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5475F
- From
- Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Source of text
- On permanent loan to KULTURAMA Zurich (Inv. 5109_L)
- Physical description
- Draft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5475F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5475F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)