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From J. T. Moggridge   21 May [1866]

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Sends plants from France.

J. B. E. Bornet of Antibes, working in G. A. Thuret’s garden, finds Cistus hybrids do not follow the old dictum of having the mother’s foliage and the father’s habit. Bornet is engaged in long-term study.

JTM seeks invitation to Down.

Author:  John Traherne Moggridge
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  21 May [1866]
Classmark:  DAR 171: 206
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-5096
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Journal of researches

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Within two months of the Beagle’s arrival back in England in October 1836, Darwin, although busy with distributing his specimens among specialists for description, and more interested in working on his geological research, turned his mind to the task of…

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