To John Price 26 November 1868
Down. | Bromley Kent. S.E.
Nov. 26. 1868.
My dear Price
I am much obliged for your kind letter congratulating me on the success of my Son at Cambridge— I am very glad to hear that your own children give you so much satisfaction, for that is the Chief thing left to us now in life.1
I quite agree with you that the different means of propagation of plants is a most interesting subject: but I have so many irons in the fire that I doubt whether I could find time to investigate the Case of Cardamine nor do I suppose I could make anything out if I did.— I remember your letter on the subject, but I am not sure that you intend to say you have sent me some further paper on the subject; if so I have not received it.2
I saw some years ago the Heracleum growing & admired it extremely, & so I am much obliged for the seeds.3
With every good wish believe me my dear Price.
Footnotes
Summary
Thanks JP for congratulations on success of George Darwin at Cambridge.
Does not have time to investigate propagation of Cardamine.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-6479
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Price
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 147: 274
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 6479,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-6479.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 16