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Asks his correspondent to thank Prof. Reichenbach for his kindness. A plant was discovered in flower at Kew, and he was able to examine the doubtful point.
Tells JVC that to the title on the first page [of Cross and self-fertilisation] is to be added "in the vegetable kingdom".
Guesses that Orchids [2d ed.] will be 20 or 30 pages longer than the old edition.
Can CD send sheets of Cross and self-fertilisation as previously promised? OZ writing article on subject ["Darwin über Kreuzung und Selbstbefruchtung im Pflanzenreiche", Das Ausland (1877)].
German Darwinists preparing a Darwin album with photographs of themselves as gift.
Thanks FD for corrections [to Orchids (1877)].
Thinks Johann von Fischer’s paper on monkeys’ rumps [Der Zoologische Garten 17 (1876): 116–27, 174–9] worth translating, and he intends to write a letter on it to Nature [Collected papers 2: 207–11].
Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.
Drosera plants grown with insects excluded have developed normally.
He has never observed the straight line flight routes in male humble-bees that CD reports.
His last letter was in error: alpine Bombus terrestris does break into some flowers.
The sheets of Cross and self-fertilisation will be sent to OZ as they become ready.
CD is much interested in a change in Drosera reported by GC, but "rather doubts" exclusion of insects can have caused it; would like to see the plant and suggests sending it to Down.