To Frederick Smith 12 March 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
March 12 1878
My dear Mr Smith,
I have thought that the enclosed specimens might interest you. As far as my ignorance permits me to judge, the great difference in the casts of workers seems very curious; & some of Mrs Treats observations on their habits.1 She has done some good work with plants.2 I do not want either the specimens or note returned. Should the facts be sufficiently new, I do not doubt that she would be much gratified by your mentioning the fact before the Entomological Society.3
Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Treat, Mary. 1879. Chapters on ants. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Summary
Sends FS some specimens of harvesting ants along with the observations of their habits made by Mary Treat. If the facts are new, he believes that Mrs Treat would be gratified by their being mentioned before the Entomological Society. [See 11422.]
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11418A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Frederick Smith
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Viscount Boyd of Merton (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11418A,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11418A.xml
