To W. H. Leggett 19 August 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Aug 19. 1877
Dear Sir,
I am very much obliged for your letter with respect to Pontederia, as your information & specimens will be very useful should another edition of my book be required.1
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Leggett’s letter has not been found, but see the letter to W. H. Leggett, 22 January 1877 and n. 3. CD added a reference to Leggett’s published observations confirming tristyly in Pontederia cordata to the preface to Forms of flowers 2d ed., p. viii.
Bibliography
Forms of flowers 2d ed.: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Thanks for letter about Pontederia.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11108F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Henry Leggett
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Redpath Museum, McGill University
- Physical description
- LS
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11108F,” accessed on
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