From Charles and Francis Darwin to G. J. Romanes 5 December 1877
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Dec 5. 1877
My dear Romanes,
One line to say that my gardener does not even know what the onion worm is.1 The bulbs can moreover be planted in a part of the garden where onions have not been grown for certainly 30 years. I will gladly take charge of any of your experimental plants.
Many thanks for your very pleasant letter. You hugely over estimate me & my works, but long may you remain in this pleasant error
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
P.S. | I quite agree with you that it would be absurd in me to change my title & be called Dr2
Have you ever tried Thymol with your Medusæ— I find .05% solution causes contraction of my teasel filaments.
F.D3
dont answer
Footnotes
Summary
Discusses planting onions for experiment.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11270
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin; Francis Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.527)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp (PS by Francis Darwin)
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11270,” accessed on 19 October 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11270.xml