To Francis Darwin [c. February 1875?]1
My dear F.
I beg ten thousand pardon & more—
my notes on U. amethytina are on the same paper with those on U nelumbifolia, so am safe—2
Your old deluded Father | CD
Footnotes
The date is conjectured from the subject matter. CD was correcting the chapter on Utricularia (bladderwort) for Insectivorous plants in February 1875 (letter to D. F. Nevill, 15 February 1875).
CD’s notes on Utricularia amethystina (Florida purple bladderwort) and U. nelumbifolia are in DAR 59.1: 141, 145–6.
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Begs FD’s pardon: his notes on Utricularia amethystina are on same page with those on U. nelumbifolia.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9219B
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Source of text
- DAR 271.4: 8
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9219B,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9219B.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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