From John Scott   10 March 1864

Denholm

March 10th. 1864

Sir.

I write a single note to say that I have now left the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, and at present am residing with my friends.—1

I take the liberty of acquainting you of this change in case you might have occasion to write me, previous to my having ready any matter of interest to you; and so address to the Bot. Gard. as usual.

My address now is

Denholm2

Hawick.

Roxburghshire.

I sincerely trust that your health is still steadily improving; and that as spring again returns you will be sufficiently strong to resume your studies and experiments.

I remain | Sir | Very respectfully | John Scott

1
Scott offered his reasons for leaving his position as foreman of the propagating department at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in his letter of 28 March 1864; see also J. W. Kennedy 1908, p. 72. The friends he stayed with in 1864 have not been identified.
2
Scott was born in Denholm (R. Desmond 1994).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-4423,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-4423