From G. H. Darwin 12 July 1878
Trin Coll.
July 12 78
My dear Father,
I enclose the drawings I have made.1 The poisoned specimen withered up so quick that it was all shrivelled before I could put in the shading & therefore the complex folding of the petal near the base of the nectaries is not done quite so well as I cd. wish—as I had to work from memory.
It is rather better in the second one, wh. seemed to survive drying much better.
I borrowed a microscope from F. B & used a pretty high power so that I cd’nt see the whole of it at once.2 I drew what I thought I saw as well as I cd but it was’nt very easy & I only hope it has hit off the right thing pretty fairly. I don’t the least understand the working of it or how on earth the bees get at those curious nectaria You must explain it when I come home. If you want any more drawings please send them. I don’t think it has taken me more than 3 or 4 hours to do those six. I have got several new ideas in my work—there seems no end to it—but they are luckily little things, wh I can despatch in a few words 3
Yours affec. | G H Darwin
[Enclosure 1]
[Enclosure 2]
CD annotations
Enclosure 1:
Top of page: ‘Edge of petal more serrated’ pencil
Enclosure 2:
Top of page: ‘Edge of petal more serrated’ pencil
Footnotes
Summary
Sends drawings of specimens [of Thalia] CD requested.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11602
- From
- George Howard Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Trinity College, Cambridge
- Source of text
- DAR 209.13: 14–15, DAR 210.2: 69
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11602,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11602.xml