From W. E. Darwin 18 June [1864]1
Southampton
June 18.
My Dear Father,
I have signed the letter & forwarded it to Aunt Catherine.2 Corydalis Claviculata does grow here I think, I will have a look on Monday.3 My friend on the Isle of Wight sent me this morning what he triumphantly thought was Buckthorn, but it is Pyrus Tormentalis. I do’nt suppose I shall get Buckthorn this year now.4
I send you reference of Hermaphrodite Bees which I copy from the Revue itself5
Revue Des 2 Mondes
March 1st. 64.
Une Fête de la Science
Dans la Haute-Engadine pp 75–105
the Bees are mentioned pages—87–88—
I am at last settled down at the Bank, & find it very comfortable, though not so cheerful as Carlton Terrace; but I have managed to brighten myself up with flowers.6
I do’nt remember any tendrils on Corydal I fancy I have some seed, unless I have lost it in moving.7
I will send you back Wallace very soon.8 I hope you keep up to the markers.
Your affect son | W. E Darwin
Do you want more photographs9
Footnotes
Bibliography
Climbing plants: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green; Williams & Norgate. 1865.
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Siebold, Karl Theodor Ernst von. 1864. Ueber Zwitterbienen. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie 14: 73–80.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1864d. The origin of human races and the antiquity of man deduced from the theory of ‘natural selection’. [Read 1 March 1864.] Anthropological Review 2: clviii–clxx.
Summary
Doesn't think will be able to find Buckthorn. Sends reference from Revue de Deux Mondes. Is settled at the Bank.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4538F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 19)
- Physical description
- ALS 4pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4538F,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4538F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)