To J. O. Westwood 30 July 1862
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
July 30th 1862
My dear Sir
I beg pardon for troubling you; but I shd. much like to see the Bee with the pollen masses which you said I might examine.1 If dried the specimen might come by Post; but if still in Bottle, please address it to C. Darwin
care of Down Postman
per Rail— Bromley
Kent.
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
In his letter of 14 May 1862 (Correspondence vol. 10), Westwood offered to send CD a preserved bee specimen with pollen masses attached to its head. In his letter of 1 August 1862, Westwood reported that the pollen masses had been shaken off, but offered to send the bottle containing the bee anyway. Westwood had sent similar bee specimens in July 1860 (see Correspondence vol. 8, letters to J. O. Westwood, 25 June [1860] and 9 July [1860]). In Orchids, p. 35, CD noted that Westwood’s specimens were evidence of the fact that bees visited orchids.
Summary
Asks JOW if he can see bee with pollen masses, and gives details for sending it by post or rail.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3670F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Obadiah Westwood
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Washington University in St Louis Libraries, Special Collections (tipped into Orchids QK926.D259 1862)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3670F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3670F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)
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