To L. E. Becker 2 August [1863]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Augt. 2d.
Dear Madam.
I am very much obliged for the Lychnis seed, which shall be sown immediately;2 & I will try, as you have done, next year to fertilise the little ovaria.—
It is odd about the Linum; I have never failed to find the two forms, though they certainly resemble each other closely.—3
In Haste, | Dear Madam | Your sincerely obliged | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from L. E. Becker, 31 July [1863].
Becker enclosed a hermaphrodite plant of the usually dioecious Lychnis diurna (L. dioica), bearing a seed capsule, with her letter of 31 July [1863].
Becker reported having a pot of scarlet Linum, all the seedlings of which had the long-styled flower form (see letter from L. E. Becker, 31 July [1863]).
Summary
Thanks LEB for the Lychnis seed [see 4258], which he will plant in the hope of fertilising the little ovaria.
Comments on the two forms of Linum.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4260A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Lydia Ernestine Becker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Charterhouse Archives (ACC 013)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4260A,” accessed on
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
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