From Friedrich Hildebrand 11 May 1866
Bonn
May 11th 1866
Most honoured Sir
I must thank you for your very kind letter in which you approved my lastly published papers;1 I expect the copies of a little treatise on the Trimorphismus of Oxalis, to send you one of them: a great many of the former species were only founded on the different length of the styles and therefore must be united.2 It is a pity that the Oxalis are not much to be found in the gardens, I could not get of any more than one form (fresh specimens) and have only experimentized with the long-styled form of Oxalis rosea.3
I am sorry that I cannot follow the invitation to your botanical congress, from the Program I see that you will be there as Vice President4— perhaps you will have an opportunity to read the adjoining notices of the fertilisation of Corydalis cava, I hope the results of my experiments will be of some interest for you and some other botanist.—5 I am very glad to see by your letter, written with your own hand that you are quite recovered now, with my best wishes for your further health
I remain | dear Sir | yours | F Hildebrand
Footnotes
Bibliography
Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.
International Horticultural Exhibition 1866: International Horticultural Exhibition and Botanical Congress, held in London, from May 22nd to May 31st, 1866. Report of Proceedings. London: Truscott, Son, & Simmons.
‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria’: On the sexual relations of the three forms of Lythrum salicaria. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 June 1864.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 8 (1865): 169–96. [Collected papers 2: 106–31.]
Summary
Sending his paper on tristyly in Oxalis.
Cannot attend botanical congress, where CD will be vice-president.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5087
- From
- Friedrich Hermann Gustav (Friedrich) Hildebrand
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Bonn
- Source of text
- DAR 166: 203
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5087,” accessed on 1 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5087.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 14