From W. H. Flower to Francis Darwin 16 February 1880
Royal College of Surgeons of England. | Lincoln’s Inn Field, | (W.C.)
16th day of Feb. 1880
My dear Darwin
I send by this post addressed to your father a copy of the Catalogue of Human osteology of which I was speaking, which he might like just to spend a few minutes in looking at, but not more1—and Hunter’s Memoranda on Vegetation, which may interest you, although I find that the experiments on the growth of beans during rotation are not recorded there, but in the 5th. volume of the Catalogue of the ‘Physiological Series of Comparative Anatomy’ p. 10—of which I have not a copy to spare, but you will find it in most of the libraries.2 They are also to be found in Hunter’s work “on the Blood’.3
We enjoyed our visit to Down exceedingly, and I was particularly glad to find your father so well.4
Please give our united kind regards to him and to your mother and many thanks for the pleasure they have given us
Believe me | Yours very truly | W. H. Flower
Footnotes
Bibliography
Flower, William Henry. 1879. Catalogue of the specimens illustrating the osteology and dentition of vertebrated animals, recent and extinct, contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Part I. Man: Homo sapiens, Linn. London: the College.
Hunter, John. 1794. A treatise on the blood, inflammation, and gun-shot wounds. London: George Nicol.
Hunter, John. 1860. Memoranda on vegetation. London: Taylor and Francis.
Royal College of Surgeons. 1833–40. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. 5 vols. London: R. and J. E. Taylor.
Summary
Enjoyed his visit to Down.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12486
- From
- William Henry Flower
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Sent from
- Royal College of Surgeons
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 142
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12486,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12486.xml