To A. R. Wallace 16 September 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Sept 16. 1878
My dear Wallace
I return the paper signed & most heartily wish that you may be successful, not only for your own sake, but for that of natural science, as you would then have more time for new researches.1 I keep moderately well, but always feel half-dead, yet manage to work away on vegetable physiology, as I think that I shd die outright, if I had nothing to do.—2
Believe me | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Supports Epping Forest appointment.
Continues work on vegetable physiology.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11695
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 46434)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11695,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11695.xml
