To B. J. Sulivan 17 November 1880
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Nov. 17th 80
My dear Sulivan
I enclose a cheque for 2£ & am sorry to have troubled you—1 Your case is a curious one, viz that of the direct action of the pollen of one variety on the mother plant of another variety.— If you care to hear of analogous cases, they are given in full in Vol I Ch XI (p 430 of 2d Edit) of my Variation of Animals & Plants under Domestication.2
I keep fairly well & continue to work as hard as I can.— I was heartily glad to hear in your last note a better account of Mellersh—3
My dear Sulivan | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
BJS’s case is one of the direct action of the pollen of one variety on the mother plant of another variety. Gives references to analogous cases.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12825
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Bartholomew James Sulivan
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Sulivan family (private collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12825,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12825.xml
