From Francis Darwin [after 28 February 1878]1
My dear Father,
I am going to get some of the Heracleum seed sowed today in case you want it. I have had the Cycas planted2 Do you want anything done to the potatoes sent by Torbitt.3 A lot of Ægilops has come from Wilson I have written a scrap saying in yr absence I acknowledge & thank &c4
No sleeping seedlings have appeared— I have made notes about sea kale—5 I have been chiefly idle but also testing Thermograph in which I want Jimmy’s help.6 You must feel very queer all by yourselves in the modern babylon.7 I hope you are getting square again. Bernard is very jolly and larky in every way.8 I weighed him on Jimmys spring balance but it only made him 30 pounds & I’m sure he is more than that; he didn’t like it at all, I looped a rope under his arms & hooked him on, & he kicked his legs about in the air & squeaked to get free, & I couldn’t persuade him it was amusing—
I don’t understand what potato agitation you are after.9 I hope mother hasn’t got a regulation headache yet—
Yr affec son | Frank Darwin
I have my lecture beautifully copied & have sent old M. S. to Nature; leaving out a few things10
Footnotes
Summary
He is getting some of the Heracleum seed sowed and the Cycas planted. Does CD want anything done with the potatoes sent by James Torbitt?
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11754G
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- -
- Source of text
- DAR 274.1: 46
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11754G,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11754G.xml