To C. W. Stoddard 5 May [1870]1
Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.
May 5th
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your extremely courteous letter. It is of course a great satisfaction to me to hear that my works have in any way interested an instructed & observing person.— I am rather surprised at what you say about certain plants not fruiting or flowering in the Sandwich Islands; though this is very common in hotter countries.—
There is nothing I shd enjoy so much as to visit California, but I am growing old & my health is weak.—2
With my best thanks, I beg leave to remain Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
P.S. I am obliged for your enclosures—3
Footnotes
Summary
Discusses flora of Sandwich Isles. "There is nothing I shd enjoy so much as to visit California, but I am growing old & my health is weak".
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-7180
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles Warren Stoddard
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The Huntington Library (HM 72755)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 7180,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-7180.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 18
