From Asa Gray 20 October 1869
Charlton House, Kew
Oct. 20, 1869
My Dear Darwin
If you receive about this time by post some bulbous little things they should be of Drosera filiformis, which plant in sand & peat, and keep cold till near spring, when you can set them growing in greenhouse. I shall be curious to know if you detect any sensibility in the glandular hairs.
We have filled up the time very busily indeed since our pleasant glimpse of you, and now near the end are busier still. We take steamer of 9th Nov.
If ever you & Mrs. Darwin get up to London in these 2 or 3 weeks please let us know that we may see you before we go.
My wife unites in best regards to you & yours. She—remembering your taste for American literature—sends specimens of the coming school-books and nursery rhymes.
Ever Yours | A. Gray
Summary
Has sent CD some Drosera specimens.
Returns to U. S. on 9 November.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6946
- From
- Asa Gray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kew
- Source of text
- DAR 165: 171
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6946,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6946.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
