From G. G. Bianconi1 26 June 1877
Monsieur!
Je me permet de me rappeler à votre souvenir dans l’occasion de vous adresser une petite brochure sur les vrilles des cucurbitacées, bien que ce travail ait été publié il y-a déja plus de vingt années.2 Ayant eu connaissance tout derniérement de votre ouvrage sur les mouvements des Plantes grimpantes, j’ai pensé qu’il ne pourrait vous être desagreable de connaitre ce petit travail sous le point de vue de l’histoire de la Science.3
Par l’analogie des arguments je me permet aussi d’y joindre un autre travail bien plus ancien, sur les mouvements des vegétaux à l’occasion de la diffusion des sémences.4
Veuillez M. les accueillir avec bonté, et agréer les sentiments de ma considération et de mon respect | v. très devoué | J. Jos. Bianconi.
Bologne 26. Juin 1877
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bianconi, Giovanni Giuseppe. 1841. Di alcuni movimenti che si osservano nelle piante per la diffusione de’ semi. Bologna: Jacopo Marsigli.
Bianconi, Giovanni Giuseppe. 1855. Alcune ricerche sui capreoli delle cucurbitacee. Bologna: S. Tommaso d’Aquino.
Climbing plants 2d ed.: The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Climbing plants: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green; Williams & Norgate. 1865.
Translation
From G. G. Bianconi1 26 June 1877
Sir!
I take the liberty of remembering myself kindly to you by sending a small pamphlet on the tendrils of cucurbits, even though this work was published more than twenty years ago.2 Having only just become aware of your work on the movements of climbing plants, I thought you could not find it disagreeable from the perspective of history of science to become acquainted with this little work.3
By analogy with these arguments, I also take the liberty of enclosing another even older work, on the movements of plants when dispersing seeds.4
Please sir kindly accept the expression of my esteem and respect
your very devoted | J. Jos. Bianconi.
Bologna 26. June 1877
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bianconi, Giovanni Giuseppe. 1841. Di alcuni movimenti che si osservano nelle piante per la diffusione de’ semi. Bologna: Jacopo Marsigli.
Bianconi, Giovanni Giuseppe. 1855. Alcune ricerche sui capreoli delle cucurbitacee. Bologna: S. Tommaso d’Aquino.
Climbing plants 2d ed.: The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Climbing plants: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green; Williams & Norgate. 1865.
Summary
Having just read Climbing plants, wishes CD to have enclosed pamphlets, one on cucumbers from 20 years ago, and another on movement in vegetables, also very old.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11017
- From
- Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Bologna
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 183
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp (French) †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11017,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11017.xml
