From Asa Gray to J. D. Hooker 5 January 1860
Summary
Opinions on the Origin: AG thinks it masterly; Agassiz considers it very poor.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 5 Jan 1860 |
| Classmark: | DAR 98 (ser. 2): 20–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2638 |
From Asa Gray [10 January 1860]
Summary
Agassiz denounces Origin as "atheistical";
AG is currently reviewing it [in Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 29 (1860): 153–84].
Jeffries Wyman praises it, though not a convert.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [10 Jan 1860] |
| Classmark: | DAR 98 (ser. 2): 26a |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2631 |
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 16 February 1857
Summary
Discusses the ranges of alpine species in U. S. and considers the possible migration routes of such species from Europe.
Lists those U. S. genera which he considers protean and describes the U. S. character of some genera which are protean in Europe.
Describes how he distinguishes introduced and aboriginal stocks of the same species.
| Author: | Asa Gray |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 16 Feb 1857 |
| Classmark: | DAR 165: 96 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-2053 |
| letter | (4) |
| Gray, Asa | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Hooker, J. D. | (1) |
