To J. J. Weir 14 July 1875
Down, Beckenham, Kent.
July 14, 1875.
My dear Sir
I feared that you would be vexed, but pray think no more about it. I do not believe that any one ever lived who did not make some mistakes, and I know very well that I have blundered over and over again.
With many thanks for your uniformly kind assistance.1 | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Weir’s letter has not been found, but see the letter to J. J. Weir, 10 July 1875 and n. 2. CD and Weir had been corresponding about a supposed graft of Cytisus purpureus (a synonym of Chamaecytisus purpureus, purple broom) onto the yellow-flowered C. alpinus (now Laburnum alpinum, Scotch laburnum). CD thought that Weir had mistaken C. purpureus for Cytisus adami (now known as +Laburnocytisus adamii).
Summary
JJW is to think no more about mistake [regarding Cytisus graft].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10064
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Jenner Weir
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 337
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10064,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10064.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
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