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To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer   [after 26] July [1879]

Summary

Has failed with his experiments on aerial roots.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:  [after 26] July [1879]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 180–1)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12129

From J. D. Hooker   26 July 1879

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Summary

JDH criticises John Ball’s theory of origin of higher plants in Carboniferous highlands, where low carbon dioxide levels permitted survival.

Author:  Joseph Dalton Hooker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 104: 128–30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12173

From Samuel Wilks   26 July 1879

Summary

Sends an oration he delivered at the Royal College of Physicians in CD’s presence.

Author:  Samuel Wilks, 1st baronet
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 July 1879
Classmark:  DAR 181: 103
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12174