If every copy [of Movement in plants] is sold at 15s, CD will lose about £50.

Six hundred copies of Movement in plants were wanted [at Murray’s annual sale] – a good start.

Thanks RC for telling him about sale of 600 copies [of Movement in plants]. He had expected less, so loss will not be as heavy as he feared. Asks whether he should not have 250 more copies printed and what it would cost to have the type kept up.

Instructions for presentation copies.

The index is the worst ever published.

Movement in plants needs only the index. Distressed by CD’s dissatisfaction with the indexer.

Eight hundred copies have now been sold. Type will be kept up.

Decision on printing additional copies should await reviews.

Murray’s must reprint Descent. Does CD want to make any corrections in the plates?

Likes appearance [of Movement in plants].

The Times review should sell a few more copies.

Thanks Murray for present of volumes by Charles St John [A tour in Sutherlandshire, 2 vols. (1849?)].

Five hundred more copies of Movement in plants must be printed immediately. Asks CD to send any corrections to printer.