To James Torbitt 30 July 1877
Down,
July 30, 1877.
Dear Sir
Your letter seems to me very clear and good, and I hope that the Daily News will accede to your very liberal proposition. I do not take in this Paper. If therefore any Report is made will you kindly send me a copy?1 I would suggest an alteration in p. 3. your selection plan is more important probably than cross-fertilisation. Therefore I would suggest that your sentence should run somewhat as follows. “Mr. Darwin permits me to say that my plan, namely the preservation during successive generations of those seedling plants, all the tubers of which are sound, and the destruction of all other plants, in conjunction with cross-fertilisation, is in his opinion by far the most likely method by which to obtain a sound &c. &c. &c. &c.”
On p. 2 is not the statement that the difference can be seen at the distance of a “couple of miles” too strong?
Heartily wishing you success I remain, dear Sir, | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Makes suggestions regarding statement on potato experiments to be published in Daily News.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11081
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Torbitt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 95
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11081,” accessed on 27 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11081.xml