To K. E. S., L. C., and M. S. Wedgwood 4 [August 1862]1
Down
4th
My dear Angels!
I can call you nothing else.—
I never dreamed of your taking so much trouble; the enumeration will be invaluable.2 I will write this evening if possible & explain what I have very little doubt is the case with Lythrum, & which I am daily working to prove by most laborious crosses.—3
But I write now to ask whether you will be more angelic than angels & send me in tin, not tightly packed, with little damp (not wet) moss (perhaps tied round stems??) 2 or 3 flowers of both forms of Hottonia: I much wish to measure pollen & compare stigmas.—4
GoodBye | My dear Angels | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Their enumeration [of forms of Lythrum?] is invaluable. He will write later to explain what he is trying to prove about Lythrum through laborious crosses.
Asks for flowers of both forms of Hottonia to measure pollen and compare stigmas.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4373
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Katherine Elizabeth Sophy (Sophy) Wedgwood; Margaret Susan Wedgwood/Margaret Susan Vaughan Williams; Lucy Caroline Wedgwood/Lucy Caroline Harrison
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 127
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4373,” accessed on 5 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4373.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10