To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 28 July [1877]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 28th
My dear Dyer
Will you please to thank Mr. Lynch for his M.S. which I have read with much interest. I have been observing the Averrhoa every day for special purposes, but have never noticed the phenomenon!2 Now that my eyes are opened I will look sharp for the movement.—
Be so kind as to fill up the enclosed card, as I know not what temperature to keep the plants, & whether it is a littoral species.3
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Lynch, Richard Irwin. 1877. Note on the blimbing (Averrhoa bilimbi, Linn.). [Read 21 June 1877.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 16: 231–2.
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Thanks R. I. Lynch for his MS on Averrhoa.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11076
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: f. 79)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11076,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11076.xml
