Mr.Darwin's letters to Mr.Tegetmeier, taken as a whole, give a striking picture of the amount of assistance which Darwin received from him during many years.

Some citations from these letters given in "Life and Letters," II., pages 52, 53, show how freely and generously Mr.
Tegetmeier gave his help, and how much his co-operation was valued.
The following letter is given as an example of the questions on which Darwin sought Mr.Tegetmeier's opinion and guidance.) Down, March 22 [1861].
I ought to have answered your last note sooner; but I have been very busy.

How wonderfully successful you have been in breeding Pouters! You have a good right to be proud of your accuracy of eye and judgment.

I am in the thick of poultry, having just commenced, and shall be truly grateful for the skulls, if you can send them by any conveyance to the Nag's Head next Thursday.
You ask about vermilion wax: positively it was not in the state of comb, but in solid bits and cakes, which were thrown with other rubbish not far from my hives.

You can make any use of the fact you like.