To G. J. Romanes 3 January [1882]1
Down Beckenham
Jan 3d.
My dear Romanes
I have heard from the Brazilian Legation that the documents were intended for me. & the Secy. feels sure that the Baron wd be gratified by the statements being published.—2 Pray, therefore, let me hear what you think about the whole story—
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Please return the documents & you can have them hereafter if you think fit.—
Footnotes
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 2 January 1882.
See letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 2 January 1882 and n. 2. CD had received documents on new varieties of sugar cane from Ignacio Francisco Silveira da Motta, baron de Vila Franca; they were enclosed in the letter from Arthur de Souza Corrêa, 28 December 1881 (Correspondence vol. 29). See also letter to G. J. Romanes, 1 January [1882].
Summary
Asks GJR’s opinion about grafting experiments on sugar-cane carried out by the Baron [de Villa Franca].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13597
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.610)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13597,” accessed on
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