To ? 23 June 1869
“I have never once expressed a wish for aid or for information, which has not been granted, as far as possible, in the most liberal spirit.”
(Fertilisation of Orchids. Introduction.—)1
Charles Darwin
Down, June 23d. 1869.—
Bibliography
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Summary
[A quotation in CD’s hand, signed and dated, from the introduction to Orchids.] "I have never once expressed a wish for aid or for information, which has not been granted, as far as possible, in the most liberal spirit."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6795
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Caerdeon Down letterhead
- Source of text
- The Morgan Library and Museum, New York (Heineman Collection MA 6512)
- Physical description
- ADS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6795,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6795.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
