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To W. E. Darwin   [before 30 November 1876]1

[Down.]

My dear W.

Huxley arrived all right.—2

I am at work on Dimorphic plants & have been going through your observations on Pulmonaria— I am fairly astonished at the labour which you bestowed on them, & they will be very useful to me.—3

Yours affectionately | C. D.

1
The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. E. Darwin, 30 November [1876] (this volume, Supplement).
2
Possibly a reference to Thomas Henry Huxley’s letter and enclosure to CD of 19 November 1876 (Correspondence vol. 24); William may have been returned it to CD after being sent it to read.
3
CD was evidently studying notes made by William between 4 May 1863 and May 1864 (Botanical notebook of W. E. Darwin, 1862–70; DAR 117: 34). See Forms of flowers, pp. 105–7.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5771,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5771