To L. A. Errera 13 March 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
March 13th 1879
Dear Sir
I have now read your book, & I hope that you will allow me to have the pleasure of thanking you sincerely for the very great interest which I have felt in reading it. There are quite a large number of new, original & ingenious views in your book. The case of the staminoid of Pentstemon & your observations on insects rarely visiting some varieties, seem to me excellent.—1
Long may you & M. Gevaert2 continue your labours in the good cause of Science is the earnest wish of one who is too old to do much more himself.—
My dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
The engraving of Primula is inimitably good.—3
P.S. If you have a photograph of yourself & can spare a copy, I shd. like to add it to my album.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Errera, Léo and Gevaert, Gustave. 1878. Sur la structure et les modes de fécondation des fleurs et en particulier sur l’hétérostylie du Primula elatior. Appendice. Pentstemon gentianoides et Penstemon Hartwegi, par Léo Errera. Bulletin de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique 17: 38–248.
Summary
Comments on book by LAE and Gustave Gevaert [see 11916].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11928
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Léo Abram Errera
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.562)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11928,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11928.xml