From W. D. Fox 8 March [1856]
Summary
Is trying to procure some cocks for CD.
Believes Scotch deerhounds are mongrels.
| Author: | William Darwin Fox |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar [1856] |
| Classmark: | DAR 164: 174 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1646 |
To George Henry Kendrick Thwaites 8 March 1856
Summary
Hopes GHKT will publish on variations in plant species at different elevations. Asks about variations among plants on heights of Ceylon.
Promises to publish on the species question.
Asks for pigeons’ skins from India or Ceylon, and for ducks’ skeletons. Mentions help promised by E. F. Kelaart.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | George Henry Kendrick Thwaites |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1856 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.125) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1837 |
From Thomas Hutton 8 March 1856
Summary
TH believes that the progeny of hybrid crosses, in which a domesticated or "artificial" race is involved, tend to resemble the more "natural" of their parents [see Natural selection, p. 486].
Provides some information on local hybrid domestic geese [see Natural selection, p. 439] and pigeons.
| Author: | Thomas Hutton |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 8 Mar 1856 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 283 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1838 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hutton, Thomas | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Thwaites, G. H. K. | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Fox, W. D. | (1) |
| Hutton, Thomas | (1) |
| Thwaites, G. H. K. | (1) |
