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From J. T. Moggridge   15 July [1864]

Summary

Sends seeds of Trichonema and bulb and leaves of Romulea rollii, plus specimens showing two forms of Primula marginata.

Author:  John Traherne Moggridge
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 July [1864]
Classmark:  DAR 110: A29–30
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4567

From Horace Benge Dobell   15 July 1864

Summary

Suggests man’s original mode of walking and running is similar to that of quadrupeds.

He also suggests CD answer critics who say no new species has ever been unequivocally traced to its origins, by pointing out that there is no unequivocal account of the origin of surnames.

Author:  Horace Benge Dobell
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 July 1864
Classmark:  DAR 162: 190
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-4568