From M. T. Masters [before 13 December 1877]1
Gard. Chron. | 41 Wellington Street | Covent Garden
My dear Sir
I am greatly obliged to you for forwarding the interesting specimen of “self containedness” if I may coin such a word— I propose to have a figure made of it— Of course you are aware that some of the Bromeliads will flower under similar treatment I do not know if seeds have ever been obtained in this way but it would be interesting to note their degree of vitality if produced.2
Your plant is evidently a Cotyledon of the § Echeveria—and I think it is the plant called in gardens Echeveria fulgens (see figure in Saunders’ Refugium tab 64. Vol. 1)3 I will however make further enquiries from Mr Baker who monographed the genus and will let you know the result4
With renewed thanks | faithfully yrs. | Maxwell. T. Masters
Charles Darwin Esq LLD &c
Footnotes
Bibliography
Refugium botanicum: Refugium botanicum; or, figures and descriptions from living specimens, of little known or new plants of botanical interest. Edited by William Wilson Saunders, descriptions by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach and John Gilbert Baker. 5 vols. London: John Van Voorst. 1868–79.
Summary
Thanks CD for his specimen of "self-containedness". Some of the bromeliads will flower under similar treatment, but MTM does not know whether they seed.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4888
- From
- Maxwell Tylden Masters
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Gardeners’ Chronicle
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 65
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4888,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4888.xml