From George Bentham 28 December 1880
25, Wilton Place. | S.W.
Decr 28/80
My dear Mr Darwin
I have the greatest pleasure in signing the enclosed certificate though I have strongly resisted the depreciation of systematic Botany now prevalent in Germany I have never underrated the paramount importance of physiological studies especially when carried out as Mr Francis Darwin has been doing1
Ever yours sincerely | George Bentham
Footnotes
Bibliography
Strasburger, Eduard. 1895. The development of botany in Germany during the nineteenth century. Botanical Gazette 20: 193–204; 249–57.
Summary
Pleased to sign certificate for Francis Darwin.
Has never underrated importance of [plant] physiological studies, especially when carried out as FD has been doing.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12947
- From
- George Bentham
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Wilton Place, 25
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 172
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12947,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12947.xml
