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To Richard Kippist   19 March 1877

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

March 19th. 1877

Sir

I beg that you will be so good as to lay the following request before the Council of the Linnean Soc.— I wish to republish my papers on dimorphic & trimorphic plants, which appeared in the Proceedings, & should therefore be greatly obliged for the four wood-blocks, or for stereotypes from them, which accompanied my papers. I append on the next page a list of the four.1 Should my request be granted, I beg that the blocks be sent to Mr. Murray of Albemarle St, marked outside “for Mr Darwin”.2

Sir | I have the honour to remain | Your obliged & obednt. servant | Charles Darwin

Journal of Proceedings of Linn Soc Bot Vol VI 1862. Cuts p 78 & 90.

Vol VII 1863 Bot Cut p79

Vol VIII 1864 cuts p171

1
CD was reworking material from his papers published in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) for Forms of flowers. The illustrations appeared in ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula’, pp. 78 and 90, ‘Two forms in species of Linum’, p. 79, and ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria’, p. 171. Kippist was librarian of the Linnean Society.
2
John Murray, CD’s publisher, had premises at 50A Albemarle Street, London.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

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