From W. C. Williamson 23 October 1877
Fallowfield
Oct. 23/77
My Dear Sir
I am sorry that my first experiment failed—but I have now enclosed three young plants in a glass tube in a metal case—& inside a wooden box.1 And as I have plugged one end of the tube with some wet cotton-wool I think you will get them in a state in which you can put them under the Microscope. I am anxious you should see them for the identical reason you mention—viz that they seem so strongly to indicate some genetic affinity with D. rotundifolia2
The hairs may have lost some of their prominence when they reach you. As growing they look very lovely little objects—and though none of mine have yet developed a second leaf of the plumule3 lots of them have already caught insects. Beginning the business of life early!! You will of course see that the Cotyledons have no hairs—
I am my Dear Sir | ever yours | W. C. Williamson
CD annotations
Footnotes
Summary
Sends plant specimens for CD’s examination for genetic affinity with Drosera rotundifolia
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11201
- From
- William Crawford Williamson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Manchester
- Source of text
- DAR 86: B14–15
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11201,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11201.xml