From Francis Darwin to A. S. Wilson 4 March 1878
Down
March 4. 1878
Dear Sir
In my father’s absence I beg leave to inform you of the safe arrival of the liberal supply of Ægilops seed which you have been so good as to send.—1 The two pamphlets have also reached their destination,2
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully, Francis Darwin
Footnotes
CD had requested seed of Aegilops ovata (a synonym of A. geniculata, ovate goatgrass) in his letter to A. S. Wilson, 23 February 1878. CD was in London from 27 February to 5 March 1878 for reasons of poor health (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
See letter to A. S. Wilson, 6 March 1878 and n. 1.
Summary
Thanks ASW for Aegilops seed.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11400
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Alexander Stephen Wilson
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 394
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11400,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11400.xml
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