To J. S. Bowerbank 25 February [1850]1
Down Farnborough Kent
Feb 25th.
My dear Sir
I have found a few sponges in my collection: some dry & some in Spirits.
I do not suppose they will be of any use to you—but on the same principle that I like to look at all old rubbishy barnacles, you may like to look at & have any rubbishy Sponges.—2 I will leave them directed to you at Geolog. Soc. on Thursday next.—3
I believe I have a few more specimens but cannot now lay my hands on them.
Yours sincerely | C. Darwin
I return your Plumularia on which the beautiful & most interesting Scalpellum ornatum was attached.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bowerbank, James Scott. 1864–82. A monograph of the British Spongiadae. 4 vols. London: Ray Society.
Parmenter, John C. 1981. District post cancellations 1840–1857. Edited by Peter Forrestier Smith et al. London: London Postal History Group.
Summary
Is sending JSB sponges.
He returns the Plumularia on which the beautiful Scalpellum ornatum was attached. [See 1229.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1305A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Scott Bowerbank
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- FE 26 18⟨50⟩
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 104
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1305A,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1305A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 13 (Supplement)