From Susan Elizabeth Darwin1 [early December 1837?]
[Shrewsbury]
⟨half a page missing⟩ My father says soon after this house was built in 1798 he has a vague recollection of sowing a quantity of Broom seeds on the bank, which never came up— the Terrace was made in 1835, & there was a good deal of moving of soil; & then all those Broom plants sprung up.— He is sure there were none formerly on this place.—
⟨half a page missing⟩ pure potash of ⟨ ⟩ take the 35 Grains in yr Powders you might perhaps take less.— but if sufficiently diluted he shd. not think it too much.—
I wrote to Eras yesterday to say I meant to come up on Tuesday the 19th. unless this Snow prevents me.—
I wish the journey was over & I was
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Summary
Father says he sowed broom plants soon after house was built in 1798; these never came up. In 1835 the terrace was made; thereafter the broom sprang up.
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Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-390
- From
- Susan Elizabeth Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 205.2: 226
- Physical description
- inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 390,” accessed on 29 November 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-390.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2