To Oswald Heer   28 February 1877

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb. 28. 1877

Dear Sir,

I thank you sincerely for your great kindness in having sent me your fine work on the Fossil Arctic Flora.1 It forms a valuable addition to the many similar gifts with which you have honoured me

Dear Sir | With my thanks & high respect | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

Heer evidently sent volume 4 of Flora fossilis arctica (Heer 1868–83), published in 1877; CD’s copies of volumes 3–6 are in the Darwin Library–CUL.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10872F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10872F