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To Francis Darwin   5 [June 1878]1

My dear F.

You will like to see the enclosed.—2

I have tried the seeds, but cannot see them, though I saw them 16 years ago when I described the achenes of the Pumilio from Australia.—3 I am working too hard—

you dear old fellow | Affect F. | C. D.

5th

1
The month and year are established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to F. J. Cohn, 5 June 1878.
2
CD enclosed a letter from Ferdinand Julius Cohn, which has not been found; see letter to F. J. Cohn, 5 June 1878.
3
In 1861, CD had published his observations of Pumilo argyrolepis (a synonym of Rutidosis multiflora, small wrinklewort); see Correspondence vol. 9, letter to Gardeners’ Chronicle, [before 5 January 1861]. He had failed to observe the viscid threads in seeds sent by Cohn; see letter to F. J. Cohn, 5 June 1878.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11303,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11303