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To J. D. Hooker 27 April [1860]
Summary
Sends list of plants with asymmetry in nectar-secreting surfaces and pistils bent in that direction. Shows insect agency so important that structure has changed. Asks for contrary or confirming examples and that request be passed on to Daniel Oliver.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 27 Apr [1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 261.10: 67 (EH 88206050) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2770 |
To Charles Lyell 27 and 28 April [1860]
Summary
Thanks CL for loan of paper by J. S. Newberry ["Notes on the ancient vegetation of N. America", Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 29 (1860): 208–18].
Mentions reviews of the Origin.
Discusses evolution of the domestic dog, especially with respect to the views of Owen, Pallas, and Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.
Mentions W. B. Carpenter’s views on taxonomy.
Discusses hybridisation of plants and animals.
Comments on progress in human evolution.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Lyell, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 27 and 28 Apr 1860 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.209) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2771 |
Document type
| letter | (2) |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
| Lyell, Charles | (1) |
