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From Asa Gray 2–3 July 1862
Summary
Discusses dimorphic plants and the occurrence of "precocious fertilisation" in the bud.
Gives some comments on design in nature in the light of the translator’s commentary in the French edition of the Origin.
Reports the recent events of the Civil War.
[Note on verso of envelope:] Utricularia vulgaris is "about as neatly contrived for cross-fertilisation by insects as almost any orchid".
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2–3 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 110a, 112–12a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3637 |
From Asa Gray 15 July [1862]
Summary
Observations on Platanthera.
Possibility of trimorphism in Mertensia.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 15 July [1862] |
| Classmark: | DAR 110 (ser. 2): 116, DAR 165: 113 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3659 |
From Asa Gray 21 July 1862
Summary
Encloses stamps for Leonard Darwin.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 21 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 114 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3661 |
From Asa Gray 29 July 1862
Summary
Is observing Gymnadenia tridentata.
Has received six copies of Orchids.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 29 July 1862 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3670 |
