To D. J. Wetterhan   25 May [1876]1

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.) [Hopedene, Surrey.]

May 25.

Dear Sir

I thank you for your very kind letter of the 21st. with the account of the curious Salvia.2 I am writing this away from home, but I have written home to have the plant when it arrives carefully planted, & I shall be interested by seeing it in flower.—3

With my best thanks | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established from the relationship between this letter and the letter from Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876 (see n. 3, below).
2
Wetterhan’s letter has not been found. Salvia is the genus of sage.
3
CD had asked Francis Darwin to attend to the plant when it arrived in Down (see letter to Francis Darwin, 27 May 1876).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10514A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10514A