From J. V. Carus 5 February 1875
Summary
New [3d] German edition of Descent will soon be out.
Will begin translating Journal of researches, which will be first volume of CD’s collected works.
JVC has proposed bringing out all CD’s botanical papers in one or two volumes.
Errata in Descent enclosed.
| Author: | Julius Victor Carus |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 5 Feb 1875 |
| Classmark: | DAR 161: 99 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9841 |
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- … Orchids , and probably to CD’s papers ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula ’ , ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria ’ , and ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’ . Much of the material from these papers was reworked in Forms of flowers , which was included in the German edition of CD’s collected works. Carus evidently intended to refer to Insectivorous plants , not the former order of insect-eating mammals, Insectivora. See Correspondence vol. 21, letter to J. V. Carus, 2 August [1873] . CD discussed Drosera (the genus of sundews) and Dionaea (Venus fly …
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Carus, J. V. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| 1875 | (1) |
