To Volney Rattan 3 November 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
November 3d 80
Dear Sir
I am very much obliged for the seeds of the Megarrhiza & for the information which I derived through your letter to Dr A. Gray.1
I will despatch to you in 2 or 3 weeks a book, in which I give the results of my observations on this interesting plant, but I had not specimens enough.—2
Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Asa Gray had enclosed a letter from Rattan with observations on the germination of Megarrhiza californica (a synonym of Marah fabacea, California manroot); Rattan had also sent seeds of the plant to Gray (see letter from Asa Gray, 4 April 1880 and enclosure).
See Movement in plants, pp. 81–3. Rattan’s name appears on CD’s presentation list for the book (Appendix IV).
Summary
Thanks for seeds of Megarrhiza and for information in letter to Asa Gray.
Will send copy of Movement in plants in which Megarrhiza is discussed [see pp. 81–2].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12792
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Volney Rattan
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS 74/78 z)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12792,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12792.xml
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