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To J. J. Weir   14 July 1875

Down, Beckenham, Kent.

July 14, 1875.

My dear Sir

I feared that you would be vexed, but pray think no more about it. I do not believe that any one ever lived who did not make some mistakes, and I know very well that I have blundered over and over again.

With many thanks for your uniformly kind assistance.1 | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin.

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Weir’s letter has not been found, but see the letter to J. J. Weir, 10 July 1875 and n. 2. CD and Weir had been corresponding about a supposed graft of Cytisus purpureus (a synonym of Chamaecytisus purpureus, purple broom) onto the yellow-flowered C. alpinus (now Laburnum alpinum, Scotch laburnum). CD thought that Weir had mistaken C. purpureus for Cytisus adami (now known as +Laburnocytisus adamii).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-10064,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-10064