RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1860.04.06. Berberis Wallichii - grows at 5000 ft on Khasia. CUL-DAR47.12. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. 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-DAR47 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 7 'Laws of Variation'.
Darwin mentioned Berberis wallichii only in Variation. Snowberry is mentioned by him only in Natural selection, and apparently based on this note.
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Ap 6 1860, Berberis Wallichii — grows at 5000 ft on Khasia, where there are no no other plant tree, or shrub can withstand our English climate, yet this Berberis has not been touched by last winter—
Snowberry from Canada with chiococca
oh. oh. oh.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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