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To C. C. Babington   1 February [1862]1

Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.

Feb 1.

Dear Babington

I received the seeds this morning, which are real treasures to me, & I am sincerely obliged.—2 I have already looked through Lecoq’s gigantic & tedious Book.—3

With many thanks, | Yours very sincerely | C. Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship to the letter from C. C. Babington, 30 January 1862 (see nn. 2 and 3, below).
3
CD’s copy of Lecoq 1854–8 (Darwin Library–CUL) bears extensive annotations (see Marginalia 1: 488–95). See also letter from C. C. Babington, 30 January 1862.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3432,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3432