Sending Jamaica and Singapore moss; plants in flower in ARW's pond and garden, letters from son William, who is working on a railway [in America]; purchase of land by the Parish [at Hurstpierpoint]; convolvulus. Notes: When first listed this was were in a brown cardboard box in the form of a book, entitled "Letters" on spine, containing miscellaneous apparently unrelated letters and photos; it seems more appropriate here.

Annie's journey [to Switzerland] arrival and planting of flowers from her, the identity and growing conditions of plants, and plants found around Zermatt, the Rhone glacier and Wengern, asking her to collect seeds of any dandelion-like plants and purple vetch; visit by aunts Sally and Lizzy; new local burial grounds.

Rhizomes of mosses; news from Ridley who has seen a white snake in Selangor caves; Mitten's new Crepis species; Hieracia; will send Hoxne Report from British Association meeting; enclosing two (of his) Dorset papers, one relating to Blashenwell, the other not botanical.