To Asa Gray 11 December [1861]
Summary
Discusses the worsening relations between their two countries and the possibility of war.
Expects Orchids and his Primula paper [Collected papers 2: 45–63] to be out soon.
Thanks AG for some facts on dimorphism.
George Bentham has given him a list of Oxalis and Mentha species that are dimorphic like Primula.
Is in a "thick mud" regarding design in nature.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Asa Gray |
Date: | 11 Dec [1861] |
Classmark: | Gray Herbarium of Harvard University (62) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-3342 |