From W. E. Darwin [2 November 1862]1
1 Carlton T.
Sunday.
My Dear Father.
I counted a pod this morning as carefully as possible by tens sweeping away the tens each time. it is rather a job.2 in a little bit of paper enclosed I send a sample of the seeds I counted, though with some misgivings whether I ought not to omit them3
tell me whether you consider them sterile or not. Any worse than those I did not count. I am afraid you’ll have a job to open the paper
Your affect son | WE Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Counted seeds by tens. Sends some.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3362F
- From
- William Erasmus Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- 1 Carlton Terrace [Southampton]
- Source of text
- Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 10)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3362F,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3362F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24 (Supplement)