RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of works on Imperfection of Nature. CUL-DAR47.68. 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'.

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Imperfection of Nature

Shrew mice killed by millions—

Butcher Bird ?? Gard Chronicle 1844 p. 260

Swans kill & do not eat numbers of Toads — Alph. De. Candolle in Pamplet on Oaks has some case like Hooks to island seeds— — Hosts of rudimentary organs —

Second-plumage of Gorget—

Linnaeus Tour in Lapland (my number 16.) plant varying up mountains where cannot seed — See Back for P. Kalm.—

Bromfield in Phytologist (9 my number) p. 16 Plants Ivy, Acorns not seeding in native country.—

On shady Bank ivy crabs covers ground almost to exclusion of other plants, yet never seeds — Ranunculus ficaria rarely seeding

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