To Raphael Meldola 24 July [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 24th
My dear Sir
I do not think that the Petunia is anything very remarkable; but thank you for your kindness.—2
I received Weismann all right.—3
You may perhaps like to keep enclosed, just received—4
In Haste | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Raphael Meldola, 13 June 1878.
Meldola’s letter enclosing or accompanying the petunia has not been found.
Meldola evidently had returned the copy of August Weismann’s third essay on sexual selection in Daphnidae that CD had lent him (Weismann 1876–80; see letter from Raphael Meldola, 13 June 1878).
The enclosure has not been found, but it was probably the ‘curious Lepidoptera case’ mentioned in the letter to Fritz Müller, 24 July 1878 and n. 4.
Bibliography
Weismann, August. 1876–80. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Daphnoiden. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 27 (1876): 51–112; 28 (1877): 93–254; 30 (suppl. 1878): 123–65; 33 (1880): 55–270.
Summary
Does not think the Petunia is anything remarkable.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11627
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Raphael Meldola
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Hope Entomological Collections 1350: Hope/Westwood Archive, Darwin folder)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11627,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11627.xml
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