Ɛpsilon

To J. S. Henslow   18 [December 1855]

Down Bromley Kent

18th.

My dear Henslow

I write one line to say that I have received the seeds safely & to thank you very much for them.—

What a weeks work you have cut out for yourself! I shall be in London on Friday,1 but I see no chance of our meeting.—

Yours most truly | C. Darwin

1
CD was present at a meeting of the council of the Royal Society on Thursday, 20 December (Royal Society council minutes).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-1797,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-1797