Has been writing life of Erasmus Darwin.

Wants plants with heliotropic aerial roots. Has proved root apex governs nature of flexure in upper part of root.

Thanks for plants

and case of sleeping Crotalaria.

"Bloom" for the present has "gone to the dogs".

Has failed with his experiments on aerial roots.

Structure of some "very curious" tendrils.

Thanks WJH for information on J. D. Hooker’s progress.

J. D. Hooker promised a copy of his Galapagos paper. Can WJH forward one to the Athenaeum?

Wants a plant that shows interesting sleep movements identified.

Wants some seeds to see how certain seedlings break through ground.

Wants cryptogam identified; has been observing its movements.

Wants seedling of Quercus rubra or Q. coccinea.

All is settled – nothing can now alter CD’s determination. Details of plan and arrangements. Beaufort believes CD’s collections should be presented to some public body. CD thinks a large central collection best for natural history. Is busy getting advice and information from Yarrell and Capt. P. P. King for the voyage.

Wants a plant identified;

would like some cotton seeds.

Movement of cotton plant cotyledons.

Thanks JDH for his praise of Erasmus Darwin.

Delighted that JDH is thinking about geographical distribution, wishes he would go over the New Zealand flora again.

Wants some apheliotropic plants for experiments.

Thanks for gift of bananas.

Thanks for cotton seeds.

Germination of Megarrhiza.

Suspects WTT-D is the author of a good review of Erasmus Darwin in Nature [21 (1880): 245–7].

Asa Gray wants seeds of a variety of cotton known as vine cotton.

CD pleased to be of use to GB. He remembers his own work on orchids with pleasure. Thinks GB will be able to improve CD’s terminology for orchids.

Wants Ipomoea seeds for observing germination.

Plans to come to Cambridge to discuss Beagle voyage. Only difficulty is disposal of his collections. South Sea Islands now more probable.