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From G. C. Oxenden   4 August [1862?]1

Crowhurst Park | Battle— Sussex

Augt. 4.—

Dear Sir

At this place,2 I find many of this charming Epipactis—very erect & showy—& the leaves beautiful—3

Sincerely | G. C. Oxenden—

1
The year is conjectured from Oxenden’s reference to Epipactis (see n. 3, below).
2
Crowhurst Park, Sussex, was the estate of Thomas Papillon, the husband of Oxenden’s sister, Frances Margaret Papillon (Burke’s landed gentry 1862).
3
In letters written earlier in the summer of 1862, Oxenden discussed various species of Epipactis, and promised to send CD specimens later in the season (see letters from G. C. Oxenden, 15 May 1862, 4 June [1862], and [before 21 June 1862]); Oxenden sent specimens of E. palustris with his letter of 8 July 1862. See also letter from G. C. Oxenden, 17 September [1862].

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-3680,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-3680