To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 21 November [1878]1
4. Bryanston St | Portman St.
Nov. 21st.
My dear Dyer
I must thank you for all the wonderful trouble which you have taken about the seeds of Impatiens & on scores of other occasions.—2 It in truth makes me feel ashamed of myself, & I cannot help thinking “oh Lord when he sees our book he will cry out is this all for which I have helped so much”.—3 In seriousness I hope that we have made out some points, but I fear that we have done very little for the labour which we have expended on our work.—
We are here for a week for a little rest, which I needed.—4
If I remember right Nov. 30th is the anniversary at the Royal, & I fear Sir Joseph must be almost at the last gasp.— I shall be glad when he is no longer President.5
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
ODNB: Oxford dictionary of national biography: from the earliest times to the year 2000. (Revised edition.) Edited by H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. and index. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2004.
Summary
CD hopes his book [Movement in plants] will be worth the effort WTT-D has put into getting plants for him; fears he has achieved little.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11753
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 4
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 207–8)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11753,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11753.xml
