Transcription: "My dear Sir Last summer you gave me hopes that you would give me information with respect to your observations on Hollyhocks. Will you Show moreTranscription: "My dear Sir Last summer you gave me hopes that you would give me information with respect to your observations on Hollyhocks. 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. 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" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, England The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts Show less
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