To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 22 April [1879]1
Down. Beckenham
April 22d
My dear Dyer.
The enclosed was raised from seed from Kew, under name of Oxalis colorata, & you were so kind as to say when it flowered you wd. give me true name, as you did not know what this name signified.—2
Yours very truly | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 22 April 1879.
Summary
Asks for identification of an Oxalis flower.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12009
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 62)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12009,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12009.xml
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