Congratulates GRW on appointment to position at British Museum.

J. S. Henslow’s and C. C. Babington’s opinions on WK’s seeds.

Thanks CD for kind letter concerning seeds. Believes soil in which they were planted was contaminated.

CD has been reflecting on John Lindley’s and C. C. Babington’s comments.

Babington has reared a facsimile [of W. Kemp’s Atriplex] by sowing seeds of A. angustifolia. CD has advised Kemp not to publish since anyone would say it was more probable that the seeds of his specimens were in the soil, than that the ones he found had retained vitality. CD regrets this, as he has no doubt of the antiquity of the seeds.

Describes growth of plants raised from seeds he found in sand-pit.

Congratulations on JDH’s safe return.

Henslow has sent CD’s S. American plants to JDH for examination.

Family news and their quiet life at Down.

CD is pleased with how good a case WK’s facts have made.

Approves of the paper CD has drawn up concerning WK’s seed discovery.

Mentions article in Gardeners’ Chronicle.

Thanks for use of CD’s collection.

Comments and queries on the botany of the Southern Hemisphere.

Looks forward to seeing CD’s Galapagos plants.