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To Victor Marshall   4 November [1879]1

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

Nov. 4th

My dear Mr Marshall

Owing to the miserable summer everyone of the acorns has dropped off my Cork Tree.2 I will therefore consult Sir J. Hooker whether Quercus rubra or coccinea is the handsomest species, & have one sent you in a few days for my own honour & glory.—3

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Victor Marshall, 14 September 1879.
2
CD had hoped to send acorns from a cork oak tree for Marshall to plant in his garden as a memorial of CD’s visit (see letter to Victor Marshall, 14 September 1879).
3
Joseph Dalton Hooker. Quercus rubra is northern red oak; Quercus coccinea is scarlet oak. See letter to J. D. Hooker, 4 November [1879].

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

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

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12289,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12289