To P. A. Hanaford 19 September 1876
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Sep. 19. 76
Dear Madam,
I am obliged for your kind letter, & it pleases me to hear that any of my works have interested you.1 I am glad to hear of Mr. Henderson’s intended experiment. A similar one begun by me on Drosera failed owing to an accident.2 Will you be so good as to tell Mr. Henderson that several considerations make me suspect that the good derived from an animal diet will be shown only by the production of a larger number of seeds & by the more luxuriant growth of the plants on the ensuing year.
I believe to remain | Dear Madam, | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
P.S. I shd. much like to hear the results of Mr. H’s experiments.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Pleased to hear of Peter Henderson’s intended experiment [on Drosera, see 10588]. Asks that she tell Mr Henderson that he believes good derived from animal diet will be shown only by production of larger number of seeds and more luxuriant growth in the ensuing year. Wishes to hear the results.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10610A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Nantucket Historical Association Research Library (MS 38, Phebe Ann Hanaford Papers, 1848–1949, Folder 6)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10610A,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10610A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24