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To C. C. Babington   2 September [1862]

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Can CCB get Lythrum hyssopifolium seeds?

Hottonia splendidly dimorphic.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Cardale Babington
Date:  2 Sept [1862]
Classmark:  Cambridge University Library (MS Add.8182: 24)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3707

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  • … C. , and M.  S.  Wedgwood, 4 [August 1862] , and letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ). …
  • … C.  Watson, 8 [August 1862] , and letter to Asa Gray, 9 August [1862] ). In his letter to …

To C. C. Babington   4 March [1858]

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Notes views of Hooker and George Bentham on monotypic forms.

Has tabulated several floras and finds that large genera show preponderance in numbers of varieties. Now sees his results are quite worthless.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Cardale Babington
Date:  4 Mar [1858]
Classmark:  Cambridge University Library (MS Add.8182: 21)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2233

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  • … H.  C. Watson, 23 February [1858] . Letter to Asa Gray, 21 February [1858] . Charles James …

From C. C. Babington   30 January 1862

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Encloses seeds.

Lecoq’s work mentions instances of apparent dimorphism. [H. Lecoq, Études sur la géographie botanique de l’Europe, 9 vols. (1854–8).]

Author:  Charles Cardale Babington
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Jan 1862
Classmark:  DAR 160.1: 2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3422

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  • … of cases of apparent dimorphism (see letter to Asa Gray, 22 January [1862] ); he had cited …
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition

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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…

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  • … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …