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To Federico Delpino   1 June [1870]1

Down. | Beckenham | Kent. S.E.

June 1st

Dear Sir

I am greatly obliged for the extraordinary trouble which you have taken in procuring for me the seeds of the Canna.2 I have received them safely & they will be extremely useful to me. I have so often shown my son the manner of fertilisation of various leguminous plants that I do not think it is likely that he has exaggerated the novelty of the contrivance in the Lotus; & therefore if you have any opportunity I still think it might be worth your looking at3

With very sincere thanks for your kindness, I remain with much respect,

Dear Sir, | yours faithfully | Charles Darwin

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Federico Delpino, 20 May 1870.
3
See letter from Federico Delpino, 20 May 1870 and n. 4. The son concerned may have been William Erasmus Darwin.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-7213,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-7213