To James Torbitt   30 March 1880

Down,

March 30, 1880.

My dear Sir

I send rough copy of my letter, which please return, as I have no other.1 I do not think it would be worth your keeping a copy, but of course you can if you like. I have      a copy by this post to Mr. Farrer.2 Sir J. Hooker writes to me that he has sent letter to Mr. Farrer, telling him that he thinks your plan deserves      as the best, but I have not seen the actual letter.3 I have told Farrer that we will agree to whatever he or Mr. Caird thinks best.4

With all good wishes and in haste | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin.

Copy

1
CD probably sent a copy of his statement of support for Torbitt’s potato experiments (see enclosure to letter to James Caird, 24 March 1880).
2
For Thomas Henry Farrer’s earlier support for Torbitt’s scheme, see the letter to T. H. Farrer, 9 March 1880.
3
The letter from Joseph Dalton Hooker has not been found.
4
For James Caird’s positive assessment of Torbitt’s experiments, see the letter from James Caird, 25 March 1880. The two gaps indicate where the copyist could not read the text of the original letter.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-12555,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-12555