To J. D. Hooker 25 November [1877]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov. 25
My dear Hooker
Could you not get Mr Lynch to answer this note?2
Two Neptunia oleracea of last lot have germinated in a pan kept at tremendous heat.— What had I better do with them? I thought to put pan, as soon as any true leaves appear, in larger vessel & fill with water up to bases of true leaves; but I am of course quite ignorant how to treat them.—3
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Could you send me seeds of Oxalis sensitiva
I want to see cotyledons.—4
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Neptunia seeds germinated by applying great heat. CD wants advice of Kew gardener, R. I. Lynch, on how to proceed.
Printed public oration for CD’s Cambridge doctorate enclosed.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11253
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 95: 463
- Physical description
- ALS 1p encl
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11253,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11253.xml
