To Henry Groves 27 March 1882
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
March 27th. 1882
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your very kind offer.1 I am not well & have not strength to examine Utricularia, but think that I could try & look at the Nitella.2 If it wd not give you too much trouble, I shd. much like to have a living plant. Will you kindly tell me how I cd. keep it alive. into what kind of water— whether there ought to be soil at the bottom of the vessel & about light—
Excuse brevity— Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll’: The action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll-bodies. By Charles Darwin. [Read 6 March 1882.] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 262–84.
‘Action of carbonate of ammonia on roots’: The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 16 March 1882.] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 239–61.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Thanks HG for kind offer. CD is not well enough to examine the Utricularia, but will try to look at the Nitella.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13745
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Henry Groves
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 46917: 65)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13745,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13745.xml