To D. F. Nevill 11 September [1874]
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sept. 11th
Dear Lady Dorothy Nevill
I send this afternoon the Drosera to the Ry. packed up as carefully as we can, & I sincerely hope it may reach you safely.— It has interested me in a high degree & differs in one important respect from any other species which I have seen.1 I hope that you will not consider me unreasonable when I tell you that I cut off for microscopical examination, one leaf in bud, one young leaf, & a portion of two old leaves. But I cut them from the middle so that they will hardly be missed.
I beg leave to remain | Your Ladyships | Most truly obliged | Charles Darwin
U. Montana just arrived in excellent state.2 | C.D.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Returns a Drosera, from which he cut a piece for microscopic examination.
Utricularia montana just arrived.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9632
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Dorothy Fanny Walpole/Dorothy Fanny Nevill
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- SP 11 74
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9632,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9632.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
