From George Bentham 28 December 1880

25, Wilton Place. | S.W.

Dec^r 28/80

My dear M^r Darwin

I have the greatest pleasure in signing the enclosed certificate though I have strongly resisted the depreciation of systematic Botany now prevalent in Germany I have never underrated the paramount importance of physiological studies especially when carried out as M^r Francis Darwin has been doing¹

Ever yours sincerely | George Bentham

See letter to George Bentham, 27 December 1880 and n. 1. For a German perspective on the development of systematic botany in Germany around this time, see Strasburger 1895, pp. 249–57.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12947,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12947

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Pleased to sign certificate for Francis Darwin.

Has never underrated importance of [plant] physiological studies, especially when carried out as FD has been doing.

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Record number: DCP-LETT-12947
From: George Bentham
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: 28 Dec 1880
Sent from: London, Wilton Place, 25
Source of text: DAR 160: 172
Physical description: 1p

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From George Bentham 28 December 1880

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