From Asa Gray 12 May 1874
Summary
Encloses letter and sketch from O. N. Rood on pointed ears.
Reports observations on Sarracenia variolaris. A correspondent finds that the fluid in the pitchers is anaesthetic and that a sweet trail runs down the plant, nearly to the ground, to lure up ants.
Encloses two articles on insectivorous plants [Nation 18 (1874): 216–17, 232–4].
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 12 May 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 184 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9455 |
From Asa Gray 16 June 1874
Summary
AG’s article in Nature was "just and moderate".
Sends his review of C. Hodge’s What is Darwinism? (1874) [Nation 18 (1874): 348–51].
It is uphill work making a theist out of CD.
Gives further observations on Sarracenia variolaris.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 16 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 185 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9492 |
From Asa Gray 19 June 1874
Summary
Writes of his article in Nature. Corrects some errors that have appeared in the published version.
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 19 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 186 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9501 |
From Asa Gray 11 December 1874
Summary
Cannot help with Pinguicula or Utricularia. Mrs Mary Treat is studying Utricularia.
Forwards his short piece on duration of varieties [New York Tribune 8 Dec 1874; Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 9 (1875): 109–14].
Author: | Asa Gray |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 11 Dec 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 165: 187 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9753 |