From:
George Chichester Oxenden
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[before 30 May 1862]
Source of text:
DAR 173.1: 47
Summary:
Has looked for [Ophrys] arachnites for CD, but it is too early in the season.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Has looked for [Ophrys] arachnites for CD, but it is too early in the season.
Thanks for the book [Orchids].
Found thousands of Ophrys aranifera plants.
Reminisces about Andrew Knight, whom he knew as a young man.
Praises Orchids for its "analogies of Creation".
Will send lizard orchid.
Awaits instructions for sending lizard orchid.
Asks for a coloured plate of Malaxis paludosa so that he can find specimens for CD.
Sends plants.
The disappearance of rare plants from localities where they have been abundant can be explained.