To James Torbitt 11 March [1880]¹

From Mr. Darwin, Down, Beckenham.

When you answer my queries be so good as to state how much land has been used in cultivating the varieties.—² I sh^d like to at least allude to this point. How many seedlings have you raised in any one year?

C. D.

March 11^th.

ApcS

The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to James Torbitt, 10 March 1880.

See letters to James Torbitt, 6 March [1880] and 10 March 1880.

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 Mr.] altered from ‘Mrs.’

1.2 How … year? 1.3] added

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12530F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12530F