To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 3 February [1878]
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Feb. 3d
My dear Dyer
Your letter is a splendid one for me, & I have now got all the seeds & all the information which I require; so that I shall cause no bother for a good long time as I hope.1
I will now run through your letter.
Fritz Müller evidently had no idea to what genus his grass belonged. Did I tell you that where trampled down on sides of roads it throws up large panicles of open true flowers.2
You shall have Araujia when fruit ripe.—3
My man Lettington will be as proud as a Peacock, when he hears what Mr Lynch says.—4
With respect to Amphicarpa fruit, I thought only of protection from birds & Mr Bentham’s & your suggestion is quite new to me & seems very probable, more especially as it explains the first steps in gaining a hypogean habit. Hooker will look to some reference about burying melons &c— he thinks there is another motive:—5
I will send your remarks & the drawing to Saporta.6
With hearty thanks | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Thanks for letter. CD now has all the seeds and information he requires.
Value and origin of amphicarpic habit.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11344
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 108–9)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11344,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11344.xml