To Francis Darwin   [28 September 1876]

Dear F.

I send your copy by this Post. I almost think, if he is a swell, you had better thank him.1 If so join me in & say that I shall be much interested in subject on account of some observations made by myself. (ie on bloom.)2

Your corrections very good for Ch. XI.

yours affect, | In Haste | C. D

Cohn & Roemer coming directly.3

Postmark: SP 28 76

1
The paper and its author have not been identified.
2
In 1873, CD had done some experiments to ascertain whether bloom (a waxy or pruinose covering) on fruit or leaves served a protective function, but had given these up by the end of the year (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter to J. D. Hooker, 20 December [1873] and n. 6).
3
Ferdinand Julius Cohn, together with his wife, Pauline Cohn, and a colleague, Ferdinand Römer, visited on 28 September 1876 (letter from Emma Darwin to Leonard Darwin, [29 September 1876] (DAR 239.23: 1.51)). For Cohn’s account of the visit, see Glick 2010, pp. 71–5.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.3 (ie on bloom.)] square brackets in MS

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10623,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10623