From Charles Spence Bate 6 January 1864
8, Mulgrave Place | Plymouth
Jany 6th. 1864
My dear Sir.
Some time since I read in the newspaper that it had been clearly demonstrated that Rye Barly & wheat were but different varieties of the same species.1
In an address that I gave as President of the “Devonshire association of Science” I mentioned this as Corroborative of your views “On species”2
At the Meeting of the British Association at Newcastle I heard a member state this “to have been a hoax of the papers:3
As my address has been requested for publication I should like to have my mind relieved upon this point.4
As I know no better authority than you, I am sure you will not think it too much of a trouble to let me know your opinion on the subject5
Wishing you the compliments of the season Believe me, as ever | Yours sincerely | C. Spence Bate
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Asks CD’s opinion on the accuracy of stating that barley and wheat are different varieties of the same species.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4380
- From
- Charles Spence Bate
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Plymouth
- Source of text
- DAR 160: 53
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4380,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4380.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12