To J. S. Henslow 26 March [1855]
Down Farnborough Kent
March 26th
My dear Henslow
I found on my return home the Anacharis,1 put by my wife in water & all flourishing for which very many thanks, & for which, as you are not a man to be offended, I send the 14 pennies, as by doing so I feel an honester man, & you will be by 14 pennies a richer man, & therefore according to Sydney Smith’s high morality by exactly that much, a happier man,2 & according to City authorities, a better man. I saw Mr Gosse the other night & he told me that he had now the same several sea-animals & algæ living & breeding for 13 months in the same artificially made sea water!3 Does not this tempt you? it almost tempts me to set up a marine vivarium.—
Remember in due time the second Edit of your Hitcham Flora,4 &, shd. you ever stumble on it, the fact on wild-geese.—5
I saw when in London Archdeacon Clive,6 & he most particularly enquired about you & expressed a very strong wish to see you.—
My dear Henslow | Your affectionate old Pupil | C. D
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Gosse, Edmund. 1890. The life of Philip Henry Gosse F.R.S. London.
Holland, Saba. 1855. A memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith … With a selection from his letters, edited by Mrs. Austin. 2 vols. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
Summary
Thanks JSH for Anacharis which is flourishing.
P. H. Gosse told him he had several sea animals and algae living in artificial sea-water for over 13 months.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1655
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Stevens Henslow
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 93: A26–A27
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1655,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1655.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5