To Federico Delpino 1 June [1870]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
June 1st
Dear Sir
I am greatly obliged for the extraordinary trouble which you have taken in procuring for me the seeds of the Canna.2 I have received them safely & they will be extremely useful to me. I have so often shown my son the manner of fertilisation of various leguminous plants that I do not think it is likely that he has exaggerated the novelty of the contrivance in the Lotus; & therefore if you have any opportunity I still think it might be worth your looking at3
With very sincere thanks for your kindness, I remain with much respect,
Dear Sir, | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks FD for seeds of Canna.
Still thinks it would be worth FD’s while looking at the fertilisation of Lotus; does not think Frank Darwin has exaggerated the novelty of the contrivance.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7213
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Federico Delpino
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Anna Barone (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7213,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7213.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
