To Richard Kippist   24 November [1864]

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

Nov. 24th

My dear Sir

I send a paper received today on one of the most curious orchids in the world.—1

Whether it will be worth printing in the opinion of the Council,2 I cannot of course say; but I may add that I shd. think that figures C & E. would perhaps suffice, if done delicately & accurately.—3

My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Endorsement: ‘Nov. 26/64’

1
CD refers to the paper by Roland Trimen on Bonatea speciosa, an orchid found in the Cape region of South Africa. The paper was read at the Linnean Society on 1 December 1864, and later published in the Society’s Journal (Trimen 1864). See letter to Roland Trimen, 25 November 1864 and nn. 1 and 2.
2
CD refers to the Council of the Linnean Society.
3
The plate that accompanied Trimen’s published paper had six figures (see Trimen 1864, tab. 1).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4678,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4678