To G. J. Romanes 7 April [1875]1
2 Bryanston St. | ☞ Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Ap. 7th
Dear Mr. Romanes
I have heard from Mr Farrer that his gardener has raised some young plants of the cut-leaved vine, & that they will be hardened off enough to travel in 3 weeks time.—2 Unless I give further instructions, they will be despatched by Ry. to your Scotch address,3 in (now) rather under 3 weeks.—
Huxley & probably Lawson Tait will be at Down on the 18th, & if you are inclined to pay me a visit then will you come?4 In this case you had better start on Saturday 17th by the 5° 2′ train from Charing Cross, & I hope to have a carriage at Orpington Station to meet my guests by this train; or if not able to send, you can take a fly: : the distance is 4 miles.—
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
P.S. When in presence of my ladies do not talk about any experiment on animals, as they will be horrified.—5
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Is sending plants from cut-leaved vine.
Invites GJR to visit.
"When in presence of my ladies do not talk about experiments on animals."
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9916
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- George John Romanes
- Sent from
- London, Bryanston St, 2
- Source of text
- American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.465)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9916,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9916.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
