To [Thomas White Woodbury]1 15 March [1863]2
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March 15
[Suggests that Woodbury look at some bee and comb specimens received by CD from Africa.]3
Footnotes
The recipient is identified by the relationship between this letter and the letter from T. W. Woodbury, 17 March 1863.
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from T. W. Woodbury, 17 March 1863.
The specimens were probably those obtained by Joseph Dalton Hooker from Gustav Mann, who was collecting botanical specimens in West Africa for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (see letter from J. D. Hooker, [15 March 1863]). CD and Woodbury, who was one of the contributors to the beekeeping section of the Journal of Horticulture and Cottage Gardener, had corresponded in the summer of 1862, when CD was writing the section for Variation about bees from different localities (see Correspondence vol. 10).
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
TWW should look at bee and comb specimens received by CD from Africa.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4042
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas White Woodbury
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- B. Altman & Co. (New York Times, 12 October 1975, p. 39)
- Physical description
- ALS **
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4042,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4042.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
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