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To Hugo de Vries   19 February 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Feb 19 1874

Dear Sir

I beg leave to thank you very sincerely for your kindness in having sent me your memoir on Climbing Plants which I shall be extremely glad to read soon.1

With my best thanks & respect I remain | dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin

LS

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There are annotated offprints of Vries’s two articles on climbing plants (Vries 1873a and 1873b) in the Darwin Pamphlet Collection–CUL. CD cited them frequently in Climbing plants 2d ed., published in 1875.

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