To D. F. Nevill   15 February 1875

Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.

Feb 15. 75

Dear Lady Dorothy Nevill

I am much obliged for your Ladyship’s very kind note; but I am sorry to say that I shall not be in London, till later in the spring.1 I am working so hard at my book on Insectivorous Plants that I cannot at present spare the time. This very morning I was correcting the Chapter on Utricularia & had the pleasure to acknowledge my obligations to you.2 You will probably be in London later in the season, & I then hope to have the honour of seeing you.

I beg leave to remain your Ladyship’s very faithfully, | Charles Darwin

LS

1
See letter from D. F. Nevill, 14 [February 1875]. CD next visited London from 31 March until 12 April 1875 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)).
2
CD acknowledged Nevill for giving him a plant of Utricularia montana (a synonym of U. alpina, alpine bladderwort) in Insectivorous plants, p. 431. The plant is native to northern South America.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9856,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9856