To J. H. Balfour 21 October [1864]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Oct. 21st
My dear Sir
It was very kind of you to remember about the seed of Corydalis.—2 From some wretched seed I did raise one single plant; but I am very glad of what you sent me to raise more, next summer.—3
I enclose only Photograph of myself which I have, made of me this summer by my son.—4
Very many thanks for yours.—
Yours sincerely. | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
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‘Climbing plants’: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 2 February 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1867): 1–118.
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Summary
Thanks Balfour for Corydalis seed
and sends a photo of himself.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5251
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Hutton Balfour
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5251,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5251.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12