To J. D. Hooker 5 July [1855]
Down
July 5th
My dear Hooker
I shd. be a much happier man if you would specifically name this grass for me: it has fairly beaten me: I am not sure even whether it is a Festuca; I feel pretty sure that it is not F. pratensis.—1 It grows on rather dry chalky banks. I have collected 35 species & named all, I believe, correctly excepting this & one other, which latter I think I shall make out, when in fuller flower.—
Ever yours | C. Darwin
P.S. | Lots of Celery, & some Onions, & Carrotts & even one Radish & one Lettuce have come up after 85 days in salt-water!—
Footnotes
Summary
Has named 35 species of grasses.
Seed-salting continues.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1711
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 114: 140
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1711,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1711.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5