To J. D. Hooker 17 October [1879]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct 17th.—
My dear Hooker
I thank you heartily for your most kind congratulations about Horace, which rejoices us deeply.2
I happened to know of the reference to the work on Heliotropism in, I think, Olivers hand-writing.3 But I write now for the chance of your having any or all of the 3 kind of seeds, on next page: I want much to see how the seedlings, which are so peculiar break through the ground.—
Ever yours | Ch. Darwin
Delphinium nudicaule
Ipomœa leptophylla
Megarrhiza Californica
(These plants are mentioned by Asa Gray in New Edit of Bot. Text-Book p. 21, 22)4
Do not write if you have not the seeds
Footnotes
Bibliography
Gray, Asa. 1879. Gray’s botanical text-book. Vol. I. Structural botany or organography on the basis of morphology. To which is added the principles of taxonomy and phytography, and a glossary of botanical terms. 6th edition. New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, and Company.
Summary
Wants some seeds to see how certain seedlings break through ground.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12261
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 185–6)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12261,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12261.xml
