To M. J. Berkeley 3 July [1855]
Down Farnborough Kent
July 3d
My dear Sir
It has occurred to me that you possibly might like to hear how some of my longest soaked seeds get on, so I report to you, that the following have germinated
Beet after 65 days, but
Rhubarb in the cold water
Orache 82 days, cold.—
Oats after 70 days at
Canary seed ordinary temperature
Capsicum
Cress after 70 days but
Lettuce only a few of each have
Radish come up, with a prolonged
Carrott period of germination.
Celery after 85 days.—
Onion
This last seems to me a very striking fact.
My dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | Charles Darwin
The Peas you were so very kind as to send me are growing splendidly.—1
Footnotes
Summary
Reports success of seed-soaking experiments. Celery and onion germinate after 85 days’ immersion.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1710
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Miles Joseph Berkeley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/44)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1710,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1710.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5