To Charles Lyell 20 [June 1860]
Summary
Blyth’s effort to raise money for a Chinese expedition.
Comments on free-will in animals.
Says natural selection is not in the same category with Huxley’s "force" and "matter".
Discusses remarkable variation in period of gestation in dogs and ducks.
Discusses Arctic flora.
Has been working on orchids; they beat woodpeckers in adaptation.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 20 [June 1860] |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.219) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2838 |
Document type
| letter | (1) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
Addressee
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
