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Darwin Correspondence Project

To Theodor von Heldreich   9 August 1877

Down | Beckenham, Kent, | Railway Station | Orpington, S.E.R.

Aug 9. 1877

Dear Sir,

I am much obliged for your essay on the plants of Attica, & for your very kind & courteous letter. Should I ever require any information with respect to the plants of Greece, I will remember your very obliging offer.1 I have lately published a book which you do not possess, & which I will do myself the pleasure of directing my publisher to send you.2

I remain, dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin.

Footnotes

See letter from Theodor von Heldreich, 2 August 1877 and n. 3. CD’s copy of Heldreich 1877 has not been found. Heldreich had offered to provide information on plants of Greece.
Heldreich mentioned he had all CD’s works up to the German translation of Cross and self fertilisation (Carus trans. 1877d). CD sent a copy of Forms of flowers (Correspondence vol. 26, letter from Theodor von Heldreich, 8 February 1878).

Bibliography

Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.

Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.

Forms of flowers: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1877.

Heldreich, Theodor von. 1877. Die Pflanzen der attischen Ebene. Schleswig: Julius Bergas.

Summary

Obliged for essay on plants of Greece.

Letter details

Letter no.
DCP-LETT-11098
From
Charles Robert Darwin
To
Theodor Heinrich Hermann (Theodor) von Heldreich
Sent from
Down
Source of text
DAR 145: 9
Physical description
C 1p

Please cite as

Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11098,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11098.xml

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