To B. J. Sulivan 15 October 1879
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Oct 15. 1879
My dear Sulivan,
I have pleasure in enclosing a cheque for £2 for the Buttonian subscription; & I hope the whole plan will succeed. I am glad to hear a fairly good account of your health and as you can manage a walk of 3 or 4 miles, you are a long way ahead of me in strength.1 I have no news of any kind to tell you, for my life is passed in observing plants.2
With all good wishes.
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
P.S. Many thanks for the offer of the Veronica, which I will not accept as tender plants will not do in our clay soil & at this considerable altitude3
Footnotes
Summary
Sends £2 for the "Buttonian subscription" [see 9229].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12258
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Bartholomew James Sulivan
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sulivan family (private collection)
- Physical description
- LS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12258,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12258.xml
