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From Asa Gray   17 September 1868

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Reached Kew last evening.

Hooker is in Scotland for two or three days.

Author:  Asa Gray
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Sept 1868
Classmark:  DAR 165: 165
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6370

From John Syer Bristowe   17 September 1868

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Reports a case of peculiar colouring in grapes, each with well-defined segments of purple.

Author:  John Syer Bristowe
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Sept 1868
Classmark:  DAR 160: 311
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6371

From Edward Blyth   17 September 1868

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Wonders if George Darwin can explain why a thin stream of water poured from a jug always spirals right to left.

Author:  Edward Blyth
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Sept 1868
Classmark:  DAR 160: 221
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6372

From T. H. Farrer   17 September 1868

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Encouraged by CD’s reply. Sends another paper, on blue Lobelia.

Asks advice on books.

Author:  Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Sept 1868
Classmark:  DAR 164: 44
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-6373