From M. D. Conway 12 October [1876]1
2 Pembroke Gardens | Kensington.
Oct 12
Dear Sir,
Mrs. Rose M. Crawshay of Cyfarthfa Castle in S. Wales,2 sends us this morning some flowers, and among them one which she suggests might interest you, and which I accordingly send. She writes:— “I should be pleased if Mr. C. had any chance of sending these to Mr Darwin, whose address I do not know, nor am I acquainted with him. But doubtless the evident struggle on the part of the Eucharis Amazonica to become double wd. interest him as another instance of gradual evolution.”3
Faithfully yours | Moncure D Conway
Footnotes
Bibliography
Conway, Moncure Daniel. 1904. Autobiography: memories and experiences of Moncure Daniel Conway. 2 vols. London: Cassell.
Post Office London directory: Post-Office annual directory. … A list of the principal merchants, traders of eminence, &c. in the cities of London and Westminster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent … general and special information relating to the Post Office. Post Office London directory. London: His Majesty’s Postmaster-General [and others]. 1802–1967.
Summary
Forwards a flower from a Mrs Crawshay, who sees its "evident struggle to become double as another instance of gradual evolution".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13785
- From
- Moncure Daniel Conway
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Kensington
- Source of text
- DAR 161: 218
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13785,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13785.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24