To Thomas Whitelegge 16 July 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 16— 1878.
Dear Sir
It is very kind of you to take so much trouble; but I beg you not to take any more, as I do not think it likely that there will be a new edition of my Forms of Flowers, & unless there be one, I shall not be able to use all the information which you have been so good as to send me.—1
The Stachys seems a very fine case of what I have called gyno-diœciousness.—2
Your activity & powers of observation seem very great.—
Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Forms of flowers 2d ed.: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
Summary
Asks TW not to send more information as CD does not expect a new edition of Forms of flowers.
TW’s Stachys case is what he calls gynodioeciousness.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11611
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Whitelegge
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Mitchell Library, Sydney (MLMSS 5833)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11611,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11611.xml
