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iLinU'IXlSM IX FOh'ESTL'Y 



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The statement to which Darwin referred in his letter 

 to Hooker appeared in the Gardeners' Chronicle on April 

 21, 1860 (page 362), and is this: 



I have been much interested by Mr. Patrick Matthew's communica- 

 tion in the number of your paper dated April 7th. I freely acknowl- 

 edge that Mr. Matthew has anticipated by many years the explanation 

 which I have offered of the oriyin of species, under the name of natural 

 selection. I think that no one will feel surprised that neither I, nor 



appendix to a work on Nalal Timber and Arboriculture. 1 I can do no 

 more than offer my apologies to Mr. Matthew for niv entire ignorance 

 of this publication. If another edition of my work is called for, I will 

 insert to the foregoing effect. 3 



In the Historical Sketch 4 which he added to the later 

 editions of his book Darwin gives Matthew credit for the 

 Nature's law of selection in the following words: 



