RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1870. [Abstract of a letter from William Swale, 13 July 1858]. CUL-DAR205.4.79. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10. 2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.4 contains notes on geographical distribution and species.
William Swale to Darwin. 1858.07.13. CUL-DAR177.323.
Swale, W. 1858. Hive-Bees in New Zealand [a letter to Darwin]. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette (13 November): 829.
The brown crayon number '20' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Island endemism: plants.
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Mr. Swale of Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand says in letter of July 13 58 "the red, white & crimson clovers are now everywhere dispersed over the immense plain, wherever the footprints of man & animals can be tracked. The native grasses are fast disappearing to make way for the clovers, lucerne & England grasses.
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