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From G. H. Darwin   22 November 1877

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Will look for worm-castings in the cloisters,

and will send CD items from the Cambridge papers on the honorary degree.

Has hit on a possible fallacy in W. Thomson’s theory of secular cooling of the earth.

Author:  George Howard Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Nov 1877
Classmark:  DAR 210.2: 62
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11247

From William Saunders   22 November 1877

Summary

Sends plant specimens of a hybrid he has raised by crossing two species of Rubus. Describes procedure by which he obtained them. Cites his paper on hybridisation.

Author:  William Saunders
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Nov 1877
Classmark:  DAR 177: 39
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11248