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To Friedrich Hildebrand   29 March 1879

Down, Beckenham, Kent.

Mar 29/79

My dear Sir,

I am much obliged to you for your new book, which I am sure will interest me greatly like everything else which you have written.1

With many thanks | Yours sincerely | Charles Darwin

P.S. Very many thanks for the list of seeds, which I will remember; but I do not want any at present.2

What you say about my works suggesting new lines of research, I consider one of the greatest compliments you cd possibly pay me—3

LS

1
Hildebrand sent a copy of Die Farben der Blüthen in ihrer jetzigen Variation und früheren Entwicklung (The colours of flowers in their present variation and earlier development; Hildebrand 1879); CD’s annotated copy is in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL.
2
Hildebrand’s list has not been found. Hildebrand was director of the Freiburg im Breisgau botanic garden, which moved to new premises in 1878; in 1879 he opened the Botanical Institute (Correns 1916, pp. 31–2).
3
Hildebrand’s letter praising CD’s works has not been found; no such comments were made in Hildebrand 1879.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-11960F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-11960F