From Asa Gray 6 February 1877
Cambridge
Feb. 6, 1877
Dear Darwin
Specimens in herb. glued down had to detach & present satisfactorily. And I have lately culled out & sent away superfluous sheets from herb. in Polemoniaceæ But I send you a little of Gilia pulchella = aggregata.1 Under some of its names seeds are to be had. Get & raise various lots.
It is because Phlox subulata2 is a common plant that I can’t help you. much Common plants always get sparingly into herbaria. But I can fish up some flowers & buds for you.
Note that long stamens do not go with short style & vice versa.—
A hasty line—being post-day.
You have not sent me title page & preface to Orchid-book. Rest of sheets complete.3
In haste | Ever Yours | Asa Gray
Dont hesitate to ask every thing of me, tho, you get little.
CD annotations
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.
Orchids 2d ed.: The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877.
Summary
Sends specimen of Gilia aggregata and will try to get Phlox subulata.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10830
- From
- Asa Gray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Cambridge Mass.
- Source of text
- DAR 165: 193
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10830,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10830.xml
