Natural History, November 1st, 2005
Tramping in the fields and tinkering in the greenhouse, Darwin created a revolution in botany. The spring and summer of 1860 were the first growing seasons after the Origin of Species appeared. Darwin anxiously kept tabs on the debate about his revolutionary theory, which raged that summer-notably at the Oxford meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. But he stayed out of the crossfire and spent his time out of doors, observing living plants. He roamed the fields and chalky banks around Down House, his home in Kent, and the acid bogs of Ashdown Forest in Sussex. And,...
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