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To Asa Gray 3 June [1874]
Summary
CD is deeply pleased by AG’s article on him in Nature [10 (1874): 79–81].
Is preparing book on "Drosera and Co." for the printers. Reports observations on digestion in Drosera and Pinguicula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 3 June [1874] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (103) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9480 |
To Asa Gray 5 June [1874]
Summary
Profoundly grateful for AG’s article in Nature; he is especially pleased by what AG says about teleology.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 5 June [1874] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (104) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9483 |
To Asa Gray 25 June 1874
Summary
Remarks on his work on Pinguicula. Notes its digestive power; it absorbs nutritious matter from leaves and seeds as well as insects.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 25 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (108) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9511 |
To Asa Gray 30 June [1874]
Summary
Thanks for Sarracenia, which is as wonderful as any orchid.
Asks AG to observe Pinguicula.
Has read AG’s semi-theological review [Nation 18 (1874): 348–51] with interest
and has obtained the book [C. Hodge, What is Darwinism? (1874)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Asa Gray |
| Date: | 30 June [1874] |
| Classmark: | Archives of the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University (109) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9520 |
