From Andrew Murray 31 October 1864
Royal Horticultural Society, | South Kensington, W.
Oct 31 1864
My dear Mr Darwin
When I last wrote you, you were but poorly.—1 I hope you are now better—& if so I would like to speak to you about the work of ⟨which⟩ I enclose a programme.—2 ⟨It is a⟩ subject on which you have ⟨ ⟩ more perhaps than any other ⟨ ⟩ & I should be greatly oblige⟨d⟩ ⟨ ⟩ would point out any thing ⟨ ⟩ specially attended to wh⟨ich⟩ ⟨ ⟩ likely to make the wor⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩
At times I get quite downhearted about it, when I recognise my deficiencies—but no person can be free from the same objection—& I think even a mere compilation on those branches of wh. I am ignorant ⟨ ⟩ be useful.—
⟨ ⟩ always noticed that ⟨ ⟩ person must first clear the ⟨ ⟩ with an imperfect work before ⟨ ⟩ ⟨ ⟩me to make the work right. ⟨ ⟩ can give me a little encourage⟨ment⟩ ⟨ ⟩ do so— I at times feel ⟨ ⟩ throw my notes in the fire & give it up.— But I shall have time for I am going to leave the Horticultural,3 & I proposed to refresh myself after my long dry business duties here, with a burst of Natural History
I am | My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Andw. Murray
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
Fletcher, Harold R. 1969. The story of the Royal Horticultural Society 1804–1968. London: Oxford University Press for the Royal Horticultural Society.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Summary
Proposes to work on geographical distribution before leaving the Society.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4648
- From
- Andrew Dickson (Andrew) Murray
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- R. Hortic. Soc.
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 327
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp damaged
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4648,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4648.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
