From Francis Darwin [29 May 1876]1
Down
Dear Father
The Salvia came on Sat night & was planted on Sunday, it looks rather groggy & is shaded by laurel boughs.2 I will fill up the French mans thing— I found 7 fly orchids pretty close together on Orchis Bank, the lower flowers are coming out. No Cepalanthera or Musk out yet—3 Aggregation rather tiresome4 It seems to get suddenly into big motionless spheres which dont change shape— I cant do any more teazle yet5 I have seen the dissolution of aggrgn well—6
Yrs affec | FD
Old Thozet sent me a lot of Ophideres7
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Orchids 2d ed.: The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition, revised. London: John Murray. 1877.
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.
Summary
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10515I
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 274.1: 58
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10515I,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10515I.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24