From Francis Darwin to Horace Pearce   24 November 18761

We always keep the Drosera in a hot-house or green-house during the winter/ by this means fine plants are obtained for the following summer.2 I enclose my fathers autograph.

[Enclosure]

Charles Darwin | Down, Kent | October 25th.— 1876.—

The date is supplied by the auction catalogue.
This letter is probably a reply to Pearce’s letter of 16 November 1876 (Correspondence vol. 24).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

Enclosure:
1.1 Charles … 1876.—] in CD’s hand

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10687F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10687F