From G. C. Oxenden [before 21 June 1862]1
Dear Sir
That you are quitting Orchideous life, & launching into realms of Scientific Space, whither I have no hope to follow you, is to me infinite grief—2
I feel like a Servant just discharged from a Good Place, & thrown upon his own resources—
& half the pleasure I have had, in hunting these Chalky Wildernesses, is now lost to me for Ever—
—As a last proof of fidelity, I have just discovered quite a new & rich mine of O. Arachnites & also of “Epipactis palustris”—
—So tell me, if you still care to have either—3
—The latter will not be in full flower for fully three more weeks—4
—The former are now in their very prime—5
With most kind regards | G. Chichester Oxenden
Chas. Darwin Esqr
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Lang, David. 1989. A guide to the wild orchids of Great Britain and Ireland. 2d ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Sad that CD is quitting his studies of orchids.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3584
- From
- George Chichester Oxenden
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 173.2: 52
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3584,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3584.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10