From George Henslow   17 March [1866]1

10 South Crescent | Bedford Sq W.C.

Sat 17th Mch.

My dear Sir,

I wrote so hurridly that I forgot to thank you for your kind remarks about my paper on tendrils.2 It has given me very great satisfaction & pleasure to hear that my résumé met with so decided an approval from you.—

I forgot also to enclose a copy of my Syllabus.3

I will ascertain if there will be any alteration in the trains for April & then write & ask if it will be convt. for you to see me on monday 2d..4

In mean time, believe me to be | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Geo Henslow

C. Darwin Esq

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from George Henslow, 12 March 1866.
2
Henslow refers to his letter of 12 March 1866 and his summary of ‘Climbing plants’ (Henslow 1866c), upon which CD apparently commented in a letter that has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5036,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5036