From Sarah Elizabeth Wedgwood 25 December [1860?]1
Christmas day
Dear Charles
Charlotte2 reports from Mr Wallis3 that he only once saw sundew open— he mentioned the time & place, but was sorry he could not recollect the time of day— he took so⟨me⟩ home & kept ⟨two words missing⟩ he never s⟨aw it⟩ open again.— It was a long time ago— he said he understood they did open some time in the day, but did not know at what hour. Smith4 says nothing about ⟨it. He s⟩eems to know ⟨very lit⟩tle, for he says
Footnotes
Bibliography
Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.
Summary
Charlotte [Wedgwood Langton?] reports from Mr Wallis on time of day that sundew opens.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3030
- From
- Sarah Elizabeth (Elizabeth) Wedgwood
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 181
- Physical description
- inc & damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3030,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3030.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 8
