To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 21 July 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
July 21. 75
My dear Mr Dyer
I am very much obliged for the books (returned by this post) & for all the many references1 I am glad to see that even you admit that the L. davuricum seems good.2 I remember the orchid case too well, for I was struck with horror on reading Hildebrand’s paper, for on finding ovules in my plant of Acropera I stated in my book that the species was probably diœcous.3
You told me that there were some wrong references in my book, & I should be greatly obliged if you could let me have them
Yours very sincerely | Ch Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Fertilization of orchids’: Notes on the fertilization of orchids. By Charles Darwin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 4 (1869): 141–59. [Collected papers 2: 138–56.]
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Would be obliged for correction of references in Variation [1st ed.].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10084
- 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: 25–6)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10084,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10084.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
