To W. C. Marshall   [after 30 August 1874]1

Very much obliged

3 fine seeds valuable to me (I am glad to hear about about sticky fluid in curled edges)

Do not take much trouble about counting leaves with insects, but if you do I shd like to hear result—2

ADraft

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from W. C. Marshall, 30 August [1874]. It is written in pencil on the verso of the last page of that letter.
2
Marshall had sent CD specimens of Pinguicula (butterwort) with attached seeds and an offer of making further observations (see letter from W. C. Marshall, 30 August [1874].

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

2.1 (I … edges)] square brackets in MS
2.1 about] after del ‘Facts’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9614,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9614