To Thomas Rivers 5 March [1863]
Summary
Thanks for information on weeping trees; asks for a few weeping elm seeds.
The double peach is in flower; the almond has not flowered; will beg a specimen of fruit later.
Has been unwell.
Tells of Hooker’s admiration for TR’s articles.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Rivers |
| Date: | 5 Mar [1863] |
| Classmark: | Sotheby’s (dealers) (23–4 July 1987) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4023 |
Matches: 2 hits
- … Francis. Variation : The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. …
- … Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–. Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis …
To Thomas Rivers 27 April [1866]
Summary
Asks for racemes of Cytisus purpureus-elongatus and C. adami for comparison, because Robert Caspary argues that C. adami is not a common hybrid.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Rivers |
| Date: | 27 Apr [1866] |
| Classmark: | Remember When Auctions (dealers) (Catalogue 41, 16 March 1997) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5070 |
