To Francis Darwin [c. 23 June 1878]1
My dear F.
I can send (packed in damp rag & surrounded by oil-silk) a twisted piece of Aristolochia sipho, of so-called Azorean Honeysuckle, & of common Honeysuckle.— Dependent branches of Scarlet Runn K. Bean become well twisted.— Give the order & they shall be sent.— I despatch to day Nature.—2 It is grand about Sachs “die merkwurdigste” &c &c3 Bless his soul. Bernard will turn into a Railway Engineer so absorbed is with booboos.—4
Dear old Backy | goodbye | C. D.
Prof. E. Tangl has send you a thickish pamphlet “Das Protoplasma der Erbse”5
Probably good— Shall I send it
Footnotes
Bibliography
Tangl, Edward. 1877–8. Das Protoplasma der Erbse. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 76: 753–823; 78: 65–188.
Summary
Can send FD twisted branches of some climbing plants if he wishes.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11564
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 211: 28
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11564,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11564.xml