To A. G. More 13 [August 1861]1
2. Hesketh Crescent | Torquay
13th
My dear Sir
As I asked you some time ago to be so kind as to have a look at Spiranthes,2 I write one line to say that I have found here hundreds of specimens, & have looked at so many I am sure of point referred to.—3 I was partly in error & partly correct.—
I shall be extremely curious to hear whether the experiment, which you so very kindly tried, on Ep. palustris has any influence on its setting seed.—4
With many thanks for all your valuable assistance— | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Orchids: On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1862.
Summary
Has found hundreds of Spiranthes.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3232
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Alexander Goodman More
- Sent from
- Torquay
- Source of text
- Royal Irish Academy (A. G. More papers RIA MS 4 B 46)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3232,” accessed on 25 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3232.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 9
