RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. relation of plants to each other far less obvious. CUL-DAR46.1.7. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. 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-DAR46.1 contains Notes for Natural selection chap. 5 'Struggle for existence'.
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relation of plants to each other far less obvious) than animals to plants & other animals.) — But even this limit is greatly determined by other plants hence limit of even annual plants not parallel to each other or to any kind of thermometrical line.
[insertion:] Ch. 5 when I remark about Trees not dead or limit.
On borders of existence as alps & archipelagos no doubt limit cd almost wholly climate contrast plants at upper & lower limit. But even in arctic zone other considerations come into play, for when grow isolated as diffusion, two species — Birds & berrys in Arctic Zone — power of resistance in opening of
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