From Francis Darwin to ? 23 August 1878
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
Aug 23. 78
Dear Sir,
My father begs me to express his thanks to you for your letter containing the curious case of inheritance.1 He regrets that being engaged in other directions the fact cannot be made use of by him. As you are no doubt aware, some similar cases are recorded in Animals & Plants 2nd Edit II p 319.2
My father can form no opinion as to the nature of the bough of the laburnum. If however the flowers were purple & not yellow, it is probable that your tree is Cytisus Adami & the variation is a case of reversion You will find this case described Animals & Plants 2nd edit I p 4133
Yours faithfully | Francis Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Bean, William Jackson. 1970–88. Trees and shrubs hardy in the British Isles. 8th edition, fully revised by D. L. Clarke and George Taylor. 4 vols. and supplement. London: John Murray.
Variation 2d ed.: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Writes for CD. Thanks correspondent for curious case of inheritance, which CD cannot use as he is working in different directions.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11672
- From
- Francis Darwin
- To
- Unidentified
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Yale University: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (GEN MSS MISC Group 104 F-1)
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11672,” accessed on 31 March 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11672.xml
