To J. D. Hooker 3 October [1878]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct. 3d
My dear Hooker
Will you get some one at Kew to write name of enclosed Oxalis on enclosed card.— It grows out of doors & propagates itself in garden in Surrey.2 I have seeds, & want much to know name, as the movements of the Cotyledons in genus Oxalis are marvellous.—3 I heartily hope the difficulty of your address to Royal is over, & that you are all flourishing.4
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Wants Oxalis specimen named; is fascinated by cotyledonary movements of the genus.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11713
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 474
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11713,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11713.xml