To Francis Darwin   [after 24 June 1879]1

⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ touching too long & ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ orifice to bend ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ m.m. in length) made by ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ remaining ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ Those with caustic ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ actually measured for want ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ takes place in 4h. 30.m.) ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ plants, extended horizontally ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠helio⁠⟩⁠tropism,—at least ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ now all just ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ those with extreme ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ the old Darwins. ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ ⁠⟨⁠P⁠⟩⁠everel’ to James I ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ know not.—2

There is now ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ radicle ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ from ⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ reve⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠

The date is established by the reference to the Peverel (see n. 2, below). The letter was torn in half vertically; the left half is now missing.
George Howard Darwin had been researching the Darwin family history and had informed CD that one of their ancestors had been steward of the Peverel to James VI and I and Charles I (see letter from G. H. Darwin, 24 June 1879 and n. 2).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

1.2 remaining] after del ‘being’
1.3 30.m.)] square bracket in ms
1.5 extreme] after del ‘tips’
2.1 There … reve⁠⟨⁠12 line missing⁠⟩⁠ 2.2] added pencil

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12121,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12121