To M. J. Berkeley 11 April [1855]
Down Farnborough Kent
April 11.
My dear Sir
I am extremely much obliged to you for your most kind present of the extremely curious Peas, which are quite a treasure to me.1 All the kinds are new except the Q. of the Dwarfs.—2 It seems wonderful that the seed-raisers in France can keep the “Pois geant sans parchemin” true,3 but I suppose they do succeed by raising bodies together. If by any chance you happen to know on this head I shd. very much like to know but I am ashamed to ask you to take so much trouble: & if, as is probable, you know nothing I shall understand it so by not hearing.
I felt that it was a mere chance whether you had Gærtner’s facts so distinctly in your head as to give me your opinion. And indeed I ought not to have troubled you with so long a letter; but it is a great temptation to write about what one is much interested on.—
With my very sincere thanks | Believe me | Yours sincerely & obliged | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Thanks MJB for peas.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-1665
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Miles Joseph Berkeley
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Shropshire Archives (SA 6001/134/42)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 1665,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-1665.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 5