Appreciates MJB’s address [Rep. BAAS 38 (1868): 83–7]. Has had great respect for MJB’s knowledge since his undergraduate days at Cambridge.

Agrees that Pangenesis gemmules probably do not develop into free cells, but penetrate other cells in a manner analogous to fertilisation, and modify their development.

Thanks for Emanuel Bonavia’s letter on a Laburnum monster.

Pleased to have met the Darwins.

Sends his photograph.

Printers are past the index in vol. 2 of Variation.

Asks about the differences in colour of plumage of adult male, female, and young birds. Suggests pile game as subject.

Asks about relative proportion of sexes in ducks and fowls.

Thanks for answers to questions, but declines loan of specimens.

Has written to A. J. Gower.

Sends more copies of Queries about expression.

Pall Mall Gazette article [see 6342] is monstrous to say religion did not attack science. Should scientific men ignore whole subject of religion?

Sends French journal with article on JDH and one (weak) by Agassiz on geographical distribution.

M. J. Berkeley has sent his address [Rep. BAAS 38 (1868): 83–7].

CD differs with JDH on Owen; could hardly bear to shake hands with him.

Wallaces, Blyth, Jenner Weirs are coming to stay on Sunday.

Thanks CD for invitation to Down.

Will repeat CD’s experiments on dimorphic and trimorphic plants.

Auditory organs of Orthoptera; stridulation in lamellicorn beetles.

Because of work on the first number of the new Royal Geographical Society magazine, a manual of geography, and other things, HWB finds he must decline CD’s invitation.

Sends a paper he has written [on scarlet runner].

ARW’s wife will accompany him to Down.

BAAS Norwich meeting. Hooker [President] came out in great force. "Darwinismus" spread over the sections and crept into everything. CD will have rare happiness of seeing his ideas triumph during his life.

On sounds produced by Euchirus longimanus beetle. Sends a pair by post.

Comments on THF’s MS [on fertilisation of scarlet runners]. Suggests publication, though CD anticipated main features ten years before. Is amused at the caution with which THF put his case that the final end [of the contrivances] was crossing distinct individuals.

Sends essay by Karl Bettelheim.

Describes preparations for scientific journey.

Acknowledges letter of 31 August and various works. Regrets he is unable to help GH with his works but will seek to interest Tyndall. Discourages GH on prospect of publication of his new book in England.

CD’s oscillating views relating to protection and sexual selection.

B. D. Walsh has not received his copy of Variation. Several other foreign correspondents have similar complaints.

Reached Kew last evening.

Hooker is in Scotland for two or three days.

Reports a case of peculiar colouring in grapes, each with well-defined segments of purple.