To Daniel Oliver 20 [January 1863]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
20th
Dear Oliver
Many thanks. I have some analogous cases, but I am very glad to have what you have sent.—2 Have I not been very good, & not given you any trouble for an age?3
Ever yours sincerely | C. Darwin
I have been this morning copying out References on subjects which concern me from N. Hist. R.—4 What an enormous benifit you have conferred on everyone by your gigantic labours. No wonder that you are “omniscient”.—5
Do you remember my suggesting that if ever you had spare time (so likely this is!!) that you might do good work by discussing F. Water plants.—6 Now it occurred to me the other day (& I then much wished to know,) whether there is not an unusual proportion of such plants with separated sexes. I merely mention this, as showing one little point which would turn up in such an examination.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Has been copying out references from Natural History Review [possibly D. Oliver, "The structure of the stem in dicotyledons; being references to the literature of the subject", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 2 (1862): 298–329].
Suggests DO study high incidence of separate sexes in freshwater plants.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3776
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel Oliver
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 261.10: 38 (EH 88206021)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3776,” accessed on 13 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3776.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11
