To John Lindley 17 November [1861]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Nov. 17th
My dear Lindley
I must just tell you that Lady Dorothy has written me one of the most obliging notes, I ever received, & has sent a lot of orchids now on the road!2 I used your name—
Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is given by the reference to CD’s correspondence with Dorothy Fanny Nevill (see letter to D. F. Nevill, 19 November [1861], and letter to D. F. Nevill, 12 November [1861]).
Lindley had suggested to CD that he write to Nevill with regard to obtaining rare foreign orchids (see letter to D. F. Nevill, 12 November [1861]).
Summary
Lady Dorothy [Nevill] has written very obligingly and sent a lot of orchids.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3323
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Lindley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Lindley letters, A–K: 197)
- Physical description
- 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3323,” accessed on 25 May 2017, http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/DCP-LETT-3323
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
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