To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 31 January [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Jan. 31st
My dear Dyer
In truth I was ashamed of myself, when I saw what trouble I had caused you.— All your information is of the greatest use to me, & I beg of you to thank cordially Prof. Oliver. Mr Baker & the others who have aided me.2 I can say that I have not asked for information about the plants, in any case, without having spent much time about them.
Cyclamen will be of no use with respect nutation & burying the capsules, but your facts & Mr. Benthams suggestion about the step in burying shall be worked in in a new Edit. of Forms of Flowers which I must soon prepare.3
The variability of the bloom in the Fern is quite new to me, but I had analogous cases & intended to use the argument about the apparent unimportance of the secretion.—4
I will write to Saporta, as Hooker wishes me to do, & will give your general verdict & send the African leaf.—5
Once again let me thank you very sincerely for all your very valuable information
Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
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 2d ed.: The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Thanks for WTT-D’s help.
Burying action of seeds.
"Bloom" on ferns.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11340
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 106–7)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11340,” accessed on 26 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11340.xml
