To Nevil Story-Maskelyne 6 December 1871
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Dec 6 1871
Dear Sir
I am very sorry that I have no spare copies (all having been given away) of the papers for which Mrs Maskelyne wishes, with the exception of one on orchids. But I add copies of a few others which it is possible that she may like to possess—1
Believe me | dear Sir | yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin
P.S. I forgot to add that my paper on Climbing Plants, which seems to me a very curious subject, can be procured at Mss. Williams & Norgate | Henrietta St Covent Garden | for 3s or 4s.— I have not one clean copy of it.—
Footnotes
Bibliography
‘Climbing plants’: On the movements and habits of climbing plants. By Charles Darwin. [Read 2 February 1865.] Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 9 (1867): 1–118.
‘Fertilization of orchids’: Notes on the fertilization of orchids. By Charles Darwin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4th ser. 4 (1869): 141–59. [Collected papers 2: 138–56.]
‘Two forms in species of Linum’: On the existence of two forms, and on their reciprocal sexual relation, in several species of the genus Linum. By Charles Darwin. [Read 5 February 1863.] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) 7 (1864): 69–83. [Collected papers 2: 93–105.]
Summary
Sends a copy of Orchids for his wife, T. M. Story-Maskelyne, and a few other items she may wish to have.
Climbing Plants may be purchased at Williams and Norgate; he has no clean copies.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8098F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Mervyn Herbert Nevil (Nevil) Story/Mervyn Herbert Nevil (Nevil) Story-Maskelyne
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The British Library (Add MS 88953/4)
- Physical description
- LS(A) 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8098F,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8098F.xml
