RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1857.06.16. Falconer says he is sure that all animals & no herbaceous plants from Britain wd grow in Calcutta. CUL-DAR50.E13. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN1
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Jun 16/57/ -Falconer says he is sure that all animals & no herbaceous plants from Britain wd grow in Calcutta. Of 300 Proteaceæ from Sidney only one wd grow in Cape
Pelargonium will not grow - Hong Kong azaleas from same latitude will not grow - Olive from Mediterranean & Syria will grow.
Good to see whether most temperate European plant in N. Zealand, when no mountain [Caerulea] are annuals
Glacial Chapter
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