To W. J. Beal 21 May 1878
Down, | Beckenham, | Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 21. 1878
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for your extremely kind notice of my book on Cross Fertilisation & for your note of May 2d.—1
I have further to thank you for a copy of your article on Hairs &c.—
I am glad that you intend to experimentise2 & remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Beal, William James. 1877. Darwin’s new book. Scientific Farmer (June 1877): 74–5.
Beal, William James. 1878. Hairs and glandular hairs of plants, their forms and uses. American Naturalist 12: 271–82.
Cross and self fertilisation: The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1876.
Summary
Thanks for his notice of Cross and self-fertilisation.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11519
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William James Beal
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections (W. J. Beal Papers UA.17.4 box 891 folder 1)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11519,” accessed on 29 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11519.xml