From G. C. Oxenden 13 July [1862]1
Dear Sir
One or two chances yet remain, namely with
—Epipactis latifolia
—Epipactis purpurata—2
If you wish any work done with either of these, please write—& put the words
“to be forwarded” upon the Envelope—as I am leaving home—
E. latifolia is a very pleasing handsome plant—
—I hope your domestic tribulations are disappearing 3
Sincerely | G. C. Oxenden
Broome | July 13.
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from G. C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862] (Correspondence vol. 10).
Oxenden had promised to send specimens of Epipactis latifolia (a synonym of E. helleborine) and E. purpurata as well as E. palustris to CD (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from G. C. Oxenden, 4 June [1862]). No further letter from Oxenden on E. purpurata has been found, but in Orchids, 2d ed., p. 102, CD cited Oxenden for the information that E. purpurata was frequented by ‘swarms of wasps’; see also ‘Fertilization of orchids’, p. 150 (Collected papers 2: 147).
In his letter of 21 June 1862, Oxenden had recommended a treatment for Leonard Darwin, who was ill with scarlet fever (see Correspondence vol. 10, letter from G. C. Oxenden, 21 June 1862 and n. 1).
Summary
Offers more Epipactis.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4565
- From
- George Chichester Oxenden
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Broome Canterbury
- Source of text
- DAR 173: 65
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4565,” accessed on 16 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4565.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)
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