From W. B. Tegetmeier 18 February 1863
Muswell Hill | N.
Feby 18/63
My dear Sir
I hoped to have the pleasure of seeing you at the Linnean society, and much regret the cause of your absence1
There were one or two points connected with my little experiment that I should have been very glad to have asked you respecting, such as your suggestion to employ Carriers and Turbits, instead of Barbs and Fantails.—2
In accordance with your suggestion I have procured some Silk fowls (two very good black skinned hens) and a Spanish Cock.3 I am devoting a small paddock to them and will hatch several clutches of chickens— Do you think that the two hens will be sufficient or can you suggest any modification of the experiment.— Would it be desirable or necessary to have a second set to cross their offspring with those of the first—4 If so I would make arrangements to procure them— —
Trusting to hear of improvement in your health | Believe me | Very truly yours | W B Tegetmeier
C Darwin Esq
Footnotes
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Tegetmeier, William Bernhard. 1867. The poultry book: comprising the breeding and management of profitable and ornamental poultry, their qualities and characteristics; to which is added ‘The standard of excellence in exhibition birds’, authorized by the Poultry Club. London and New York: George Routledge & Sons.
‘Two forms in species of Linum’: On the existence of two forms, and on their reciprocal sexual relation, in several species of the genus Linum. By Charles Darwin. [Read 5 February 1863.] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Botany) 7 (1864): 69–83. [Collected papers 2: 93–105.]
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Summary
Hoped to meet CD at the Linnean Society to discuss pigeon and poultry breeding experiments.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3995
- From
- William Bernhard Tegetmeier
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Muswell Hill
- Source of text
- DAR 178: 57
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3995,” accessed on 26 September 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3995.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11