To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 20 [May 1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Monday 20th
My dear Dyer
I will despatch per Railway tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1o plants for Kew, if you will direct Carrier to call for them on Wednesday at Charing Cross.2
(Acacia cultriformis3
(Mimosa albida.4 (N.B the pot has been embedded in larger pot, which seemed to suit the plant last year.)
(Drosera from Australia.)5
Oxalis carnosa (both plants, as the one which I killed(!) with frost has quite recovered)6
2 other species of Oxalis which I do not want.
Cassia sp.7 (name forgotten this minute) (which I do not want)
I hope the plants will reach Kew safely & I give Hooker8 hearty thanks for them.—
I do not send Nicotiana glauca as it has grown to so gigantic a size; but will save seed for Kew.—9
Nor do I send Araujia, as the plant is so big, & as I sent seed;10 but both shall be sent if required. It makes me proud to send anything to Kew.—
Ever yours | C. Darwin
P.S | My Arachis hypogea is not doing well & the species never has done well after a time.— If Mr Lynch can see a plant with flower-peduncle beginning to bend down to bury the pod, I shd. excessively like the whole watch process. from its commencement, or even near the close.—11
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.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Will dispatch plants for Kew tomorrow.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11518
- 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: 124–5)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11518,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11518.xml