To W. H. Leggett   19 August 1877

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

Aug 19. 1877

Dear Sir,

I am very much obliged for your letter with respect to Pontederia, as your information & specimens will be very useful should another edition of my book be required.1

Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

LS

1
Leggett’s letter has not been found, but see the letter to W. H. Leggett, 22 January 1877 and n. 3. CD added a reference to Leggett’s published observations confirming tristyly in Pontederia cordata to the preface to Forms of flowers 2d ed., p. viii.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11108F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11108F