To W. E. Darwin [before 30 November 1876]1
[Down.]
My dear W.
Huxley arrived all right.—2
I am at work on Dimorphic plants & have been going through your observations on Pulmonaria— I am fairly astonished at the labour which you bestowed on them, & they will be very useful to me.—3
Yours affectionately | C. D.
Footnotes
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 30 November [1876] (this volume, Supplement).
Possibly a reference to Thomas Henry Huxley’s letter and enclosure to CD of 19 November 1876 (Correspondence vol. 24); William may have been returned it to CD after being sent it to read.
CD was evidently studying notes made by William between 4 May 1863 and May 1864 (Botanical notebook of W. E. Darwin, 1862–70; DAR 117: 34). See Forms of flowers, pp. 105–7.
Summary
Is working at dimorphic plants;
is astonished at WED’s labour.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5771
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Erasmus Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 210.6: 119
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5771,” accessed on 29 May 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5771.xml
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