To Henry Edwards [after 26 December 1875]¹

Down, Beckenham, Kent.

[Edwards had sent … a] ‘wonderful specimen of Darlingtonia’ [for which Darwin thanks him.]

‘I will not forget your obliging offer of giving me information with respect to California about which I may be curious.’²

LS incomplete³

The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Henry Edwards, 26 December 1875.

The original letter is complete and is described in the sale catalogue as being one and a half pages long.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9216,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9216

Summary

Thanks for sending "wonderful speciment of Darlingtonia".

"I will not forget your obliging offer of giving me information with respect to California about which I may be curious."

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23.