RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1865.05. Note from Lucy Wedgwood to Emma Darwin. CUL-DAR108.74. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR108-111 contain material for Darwin's book Forms of flowers (1877).
"Leith Hill Place, near Dorking, Surrey. 1842 Josiah Wedgwood [III] bought it, about 4,000 acres, on resigning his partnership in the family firm, home c.1847-80 Also home of Margaret Susan Wedgwood (Mrs Vaughan Williams), before 1944 and later. It was passed to Hervey Vaughan Williams, and in 1944 on his death to Ralph Vaughan Williams, who gave it to the National Trust. They leased it to Ralph Wedgwood, his cousin and close friend." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.)
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Long styled 13
short styled 16
total 29
These are the minimum numbers, for 4 of the short styled plants & 1 long styled consisted each of from 2 to 8 small plants, each cluster here counted as one plant so close together that the leaves interlaced—
We have the numbers in each cluster shd Uncle Ch. want them.
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"Oxlips
Leith Hill Place
May 1865
Showing that both long- & short-styled
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