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To Thomas Rivers   3 April 1872

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Ap. 3. 1872

My dear Sir

I am very much obliged for yr kind present of the vines, & for all the information which you have been so good as to give me.1 I fear that the experiment will be more difficult than I had expected. I return with many thanks by this post the periodical about the Amygdalus—2 I am glad to hear that your health keeps good, & as your mind is so full of knowledge I dare say you will be able to occupy yourself—

With many thanks | believe me | yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

LS

1
See letter from Thomas Rivers, 29 March 1872. Rivers had sent two vines, together with instructions for grafting one to the other.
2
CD refers to an article in Revue horticole 44 (1872): 111–12 on the apricot-plum, Prunus simonii (see letter from Thomas Rivers, 29 March 1872). Amygdalus was the genus of peaches and almonds; it is now subsumed within Prunus, which also includes plums, apricots, and cherries. In Linnaean systematics, Prunus was originally restricted to plums and apricots.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8268,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8268