From Thomas Rivers 21 January 1863
Nurseries, Sawbridgeworth, Herts, | Great Eastern Railway.1
Jany 21/63
My dear Sir/
I have given orders to have sent to you
1 double rose flowered Chinese peach 1 Amygdalus communis dulcis
The trees are from pots & if potted & placed under glass they will bloom well.2
I shall be delighted to receive from you the “Origin of Species” with your name attached to it.3 I had it from Mudies when first published & was on the eve of ordering it from Longmans when yr. last arrived4 a bought copy I should of course have valued but a copy as your gift will be to me invaluab⟨le.⟩
The little package of trees will be paid to London from Bromley pr. Down Postman. Pray communicate me if you have the least wish to have a tree or shrub I have so many thousands that it is always a pleasure to give—a duty to sell
I am My dr Sir | Yrs. very truly | Thos. Rivers
The strawberry hybrids noticed in Journal of Horticulture (I mean a week or two since) are curious but the hybridisms are not accurate enough5 one talks of the “Russian Alpine” & the “High Wood” strawberries what are they?
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Smith, William. 1862. Cross-breeding strawberries. Journal of Horticulture n.s. 3: 779.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Sends some trees to CD.
Would be pleased to receive the copy of Origin offered by CD as gift.
Will give CD any tree or shrub he may want.
Refers to curious strawberry hybrids noticed in Journal of Horticulture [I. Anderson-Henry, "Crossing strawberries", J. Hortic. n.s. 4 (1863): 45–6].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3933
- From
- Thomas Rivers
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Sawbridgeworth
- Postmark
- JA 21 63
- Source of text
- DAR 176: 160
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3933,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3933.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11