To Veitch & Sons [before 11 August 1877]1
I Ought the plants to be kept in a warm or cool greenhouse?2
Cold Greenhouse close to the glass, on a shelf exposed to the light
II Ought they to be repotted soon in larger pots?
No
III Ought the plants to stand in saucers of water?
No
plunged in Sphagnum Moss
I should be grateful for any special instructions.
Keep the roots moist
C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Asks specific questions on looking after plants of Dionaea. [The correspondent’s replies to the questions are written beneath them.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10749
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Veitch & Sons
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 202: 96
- Physical description
- LS 1p inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10749,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10749.xml