Darwin Correspondence Project

[Shrewsbury]

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[recto:] My father says soon after this house was built in 1798 he has a vague recollection of sowing a quantity of Broom seeds on the bank, which never came up— the Terrace was made in 1835, & there was a good deal of moving of soil; & then all those Broom plants sprung up.— He is sure there were none formerly on this place.—

[verso:] pure potash of < > take the 35 Grains in yr Powders you might perhaps take less.— but if sufficiently diluted he sh^d. not think it too much.—

I wrote to Eras yesterday to say I meant to come up on Tuesday the 19^th. unless this Snow prevents me.—

I wish the journey was over & I was

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