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From Charles William Crocker   17 February 1862

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Thanks for Primula paper [Collected papers 2: 45–63].

Separation of sexes in Billbergia.

Offers to experiment under CD’s direction, now that he has retired from Kew.

Author:  Charles William Crocker
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Feb 1862
Classmark:  DAR 161.2: 254
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3449

From Andrew Crombie Ramsay   17 February 1862

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In his paper for Geological Society ["Glacial origin of certain lakes", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 18 (1862): 185–204] he will prove that all the lake-basins of the Alps were scooped out by glaciers.

Author:  Andrew Crombie Ramsay
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Feb 1862
Classmark:  DAR 176: 8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-3450