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To John Stevens Henslow 3 November 1838
Summary
Relates plan for an appendix to his Journal of researches which will include facts of species of birds’ being different in different islands of the Galápagos and also of the lizards and tortoises on the islands. Asks JSH whether he can supply parallels in the plant life.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Date: | 3 Nov 1838 |
| Classmark: | Smithsonian Libraries and Archives (Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology MSS 2031 A. Gift of H. W. Lende Jr) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-429A |
From J. S. Henslow [after 3 November 1838]
Summary
Whilst a genus of plants is comon to two of three islands [in the Galápagos] the species are often different in different islands. [Text only known from Journal of researches; published in Correspondence vol. 13 supplement, p. 351, letter to John Stevens Henslow, 3 November 1838, n. 5.]
| Author: | John Stevens Henslow |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [after 3 Nov 1838] |
| Classmark: | Journal of researches, p. 629 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-431F |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Henslow, J. S. | (1) |
