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On the Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects

by Charles Darwin

Kept from archive.org · 2 files · 1.0 MBCall number DAR B1862.01

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Public domainDarwin's own text, as far as the record shows: its edition and notes name no translator or editor.Basis: author death year 1882, under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.Files in this work carry different labels; each is listed below.
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Charles Darwin, On the Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects (1862). Long Keeping, call number DAR B1862.01. https://longkeeping.com/charles-darwin/on-the-various-contrivances-by-which-orchids-are-fertilised/
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