From T. H. Farrer 30 October 1879
Abinger Hall, | Dorking. | (Gomshall S.E.R. | Station & Telegraph.)
30 Oct/79
My dear Mr Darwin
I have been very busy and have kept your papers about potatoes till I could read up the old papers— Now I cannot distinctly remember what Caird & I proposed to do a year & half or more ago.1
I think I could interest Lord Sandon in the case, but am not sure what it is that it would be well to do at present—2 Is it to get a Govt grant: or a subscription? What do you think?
Has not Mr Torbitt now some distinct further results to shew?
What do you think is best to be done? I will gladly do anything I can
Ever yrs sincerely | T H Farrer
Horace has just left with Ida after a very pleasant visit.3 We relieved ourselves by calling them “the young donkeys”—a name given by a Lancashire friend. We are deeply disappointed that Godfrey is too ill to take them in.4 That visit pleased us particularly.
Footnotes
Summary
Has Torbitt any further results? THF has forgotten what he had proposed to do.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12279
- From
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Abinger Hall
- Source of text
- DAR 164: 94
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12279,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12279.xml
