To Charles William Crocker 31 January [1864]1
Down. | Bromley. | Kent. S.E.
Jan. 31st
My dear Sir
Last summer you gave me hopes that you would give me information with respect to your observations on Hollyhocks.2 Will you forgive me for reminding you, that I shd. be very glad to hear the result of any of your experiments.—
I very much wish I could persuade you to try some experiments on the relative fertility, or number of seed, of some crosses between the most distinct varieties.—3 I have always wished & intended to try this myself, but I have so many “irons in the fire” that I know not when I shall have the time.—
Pray excuse me for venturing to trouble you & believe me Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Natural selection: Charles Darwin’s Natural selection: being the second part of his big species book written from 1856 to 1858. Edited by R. C. Stauffer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1975.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Reminds CWC that he offered to give information with respect to his observations on hollyhocks. Wishes he could persuade CWC to undertake experiments on the fertility of some crosses between the most distinct varieties.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3425
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Charles William Crocker
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Cleveland Health Sciences Library (Robert M. Stecher collection)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3425,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3425.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 12