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To J. D. Hooker   2 September [1860]

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CD has a low opinion of British entomologists.

Lyell’s ingenious difficulties with natural selection show he is in earnest.

Asks JDH to observe beetles and variation of stripes in mules on his Syrian tour.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:  2 Sept [1860]
Classmark:  DAR 115: 73
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2905

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  • … enclosure with letter to J.  D.  Hooker, 11 September [1857] ). Hooker apparently located …

To J. S. Henslow   28 [September 1860]

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Has been observing Drosera. Asks JSH whether a curious motion in the red fluid poured out from the viscid hairs is a known or common phenomenon. It surprised him, but he is "so ignorant of vegetable physiology".

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  John Stevens Henslow
Date:  28 [Sept 1860]
Classmark:  DAR 93: A76–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-2932

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  • … Correspondence vol.  6, letter to J.  D.  Hooker, [21 March 1857] and n.  5). He cited his …
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