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From J. J. Weir   6 July 1875

Summary

Yellow flowers occurring on a purple Cytisus grafted onto a yellow stock.

Author:  John Jenner Weir
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 July 1875
Classmark:  DAR 181: 85
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10044

From Arnold Dodel   6 July 1875

Summary

Thanks CD for a copy of Insectivorous plants.

Describes experiment on Drosera carried out with his pupils.

Describes reception of the book at the University of Zurich.

Comments on Nägeli’s concept of a "morphological species".

Expresses belief in importance of natural selection.

Mentions his forthcoming publication ["Ulothrix zonata", Jahrb. f. wiss. Bot. 10 (1876): 417–550].

Author:  Arnold Dodel-Port
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  6 July 1875
Classmark:  DAR 162: 195
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10045