To Fritz Müller 16 May 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 16 1878
My dear Sir
Your letter just received is highly interesting, & I have forwarded it to Mr Meldola, who is Secy. to the Entomolog. Soc., & no doubt will be delighted to read extracts at the next meeting.1 I am astonished at the many new & curious facts which you continually observe.
Many thanks for the information about the Mimosa; when it is in flower, will you kindly send me a few dried flowers & leaves that I may get the species named.2 At any time when walking in the rain, & you shd pass near a Cassia, please to observe whether the leaves are all deflexed.
I was very glad to receive the seeds of Cassia neglecta; but the greater number were destroyed by a curious beetle, which had been developed & were alive in the packet. I sent this beetle to the Entomol. Soc.3
When next you write, please to tell me whether Cassia neglecta is the species which grows near the sea-side, of which you before sent me seeds.4
In my former letter I said that none of the seeds of Pontederia had germinated; but now 4 seedlings have come up!!5
With cordial thanks for all your great kindness, I remain | my dear Sir | yours sincerely | Charles Darwin
I am very sorry to hear about the yellow Fever.—6
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Has forwarded FM’s letter to Raphael Meldola.
Thanks for information on Mimosa.
Would like to know how Cassia behaves in the rain.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11512
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Johann Friedrich Theodor (Fritz) Müller
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Loan MS 10 no 46)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11512,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11512.xml