From W. H. Harvey 11 November 1864
4 Winton Road | Dublin
Nov. 11. 1864
Dear Darwin
I contrived to get to town today, and examined all my specimens alluded to in last note.1
I find that my ‘facts’ are only, to a great degree, correct; that is, while the majority of my sp. of the Ipomœa, collected from a great many localities widely separated—several far beyond the Colony—have straight, stiff stems—yet I have one from Howison’s Poort near Grahamstown,2 showing an evident disposition to twine.3 I suppose the locality is moister & more shady—but dont know.
The same of the Ceropegiæ—some of the taller ones show an inclination to curve—but by far the greater number are erect—& seem to have been stiff.—
This is all I can add to what I wrote last.
Yours very truly | W. H. Harvey
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Climbing plants’: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 2 February 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1867): 1–118.
Columbia gazetteer of the world: The Columbia gazetteer of the world. Edited by Saul B. Cohen. 3 vols. New York: Columbia University Press. 1998.
Summary
Has examined his specimens discussed in his previous note and adds further observations.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4670
- From
- William Henry Harvey
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Dublin
- Source of text
- DAR 157.2: 113
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4670,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4670.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12