To John Hutton Balfour 15 September [1864]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Sept 15th
My dear Sir
Will you have the kindness to grant me a little favour, namely to tell me what nurseryman near Edinburgh, I had better apply to for coloured Primroses & Cowslips. I have heard that they are a good deal cultivated there & I cannot hear of them near London.— I wish to try again some of John Scotts remarkable experiments, which he tried on the coloured Primroses in your Bot. Garden.—2
John Scott has sailed for India; he came here to see me, & expressed himself warmly on your kindness to him.—3
My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Inquires which nurserymen near Edinburgh cultivate coloured primroses and cowslips. Wants to repeat John Scott’s remarkable experiments.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-4613
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Hutton Balfour
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (Balfour papers)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 4613,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-4613.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12
