To J. D. Hooker 2 October [1869]1
Down, Beckenham | Kent
Oct 2d
My dear Hooker.—
I am sorry to bother you with the enclosed long letter; but you will see that De Candolle asks me to communicate with you.— If you wish I will send you half all the many packets of seeds.—2
The experiment seems to me quite an excellent one; & I shd enjoy trying it, & will do my best, but I have so many other things in hand, & so little strength & time to watch & record daily the state of some score of lots of plants.— Yet, I will do my best.— If anyone in your establishment, wd do the work effectually I think it wd be Wisest to hand the whole lots over to you.—
Yours affect | C. Darwin
Please return D.C.s Letter.—
Footnotes
Summary
Sends letter from Candolle [6915] proposing an experiment with seeds that seems excellent. CD has little time and strength but will do his best. If the staff at Kew could do it, it would be wisest to hand the whole lot over to JDH.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6923
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 94: 155
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6923,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6923.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 17
