CD cannot find his pincers and other tools for microscopical dissection. Does FD know where he should look?

Hopes FD will feel better after "so complete a change" [trip to North Africa].

Sends his love to George.

Bernard gets more charming every day.

CD has been put on a committee for a memorial fund for W. K. Clifford.

Directs CD where to find tools in his room. Has been looking at agave and aloe flowers. Thanks family for their letters.

Thanks CD profusely for the circular which detailed his and Emma Darwin’s plans to increase their children’s income. Thinks a few hundred really makes the difference for feeling really rich, especially as he now knows how important it is for bankers to have available personal savings.

Discusses the value of a vegetable diet.

CAL’s letter [see 11885] would not be printed by the Geological Society as it is too speculative and has no new information.

Encloses his photograph.

Thanks for book [Duchartre, Éléments de botanique].

Frank [Darwin] has found a Trifolium remarkable for "bloom", but it was not in flower. If GHD knows where it grows, could he dig up the whole plant?