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From Alphonse de Candolle   8 October 1877

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Speculates that the function of "bloom" is to prevent evaporation.

Raised CD’s question about the geographical distribution of glaucous plants at recent botanical meeting.

Author:  Alphonse de Candolle
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Oct 1877
Classmark:  DAR 161: 23
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11173

From J. D. Caton   8 October 1877

Summary

Thanks CD for acknowledging receipt of JDC’s book The antelope and deer of America [1877].

Castration suppresses deer antlers.

Author:  John Dean Caton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Oct 1877
Classmark:  DAR 161: 126
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11174
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