To R. I. Lynch 23 October [1877]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct 23d
Dear Sir
Mr. Dyer suggests that I ought to examine the cotyledons or first leaves of some Coniferous plants.—2 Could you send me a few seeds of any 2 or 3 kinds which germinate pretty soon & easily.
I have been much interested by observing the cotyledons of some of the plants, which you were so kind as to select for me, but the observations are most tedious & for various reasons difficult.3
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Asks for some seeds of coniferous plants. Wants to examine their first leaves.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11199
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Richard Irwin Lynch
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
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Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11199,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11199.xml