From Edward Blyth [8 November 1855]
Summary
History of the rose in India.
Looks forward to reading what Hooker and Thompson say on species and varieties in their Flora Indica [1855].
Domestication of the turkey in America. The Peruvians had domestic dogs. W. W. Robinson of Assam reports that otters are extensively trained for fishing but cormorants never are. Gives Robinson’s comments on local domestic geese, rabbits, and cats.
EB has skins of jungle fowl from different localities to send.
| Author: | Edward Blyth |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [8 Nov 1855] |
| Classmark: | DAR 98: A108–A109 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1776 |
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| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Blyth, Edward | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
