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such a thing as reflex action without well-defined 

 structural channels for it to occur in. But if you 

 have found something of the same sort in plants, of 

 course I shall be very glad to have your authority to 

 quote. And I think it follows deductively from the 

 general theory of evolution, that reflex action ought 

 to be present before the lines in which it flows are 

 sufficiently differentiated to become distinguishable as 

 nerves. 



I am very glad that you are pleased with my pro- 

 gress so far. 



From G. Darwin to Gr. J. Romanes. 



Down, Beckenham, Kent : Sept. 24. 



I shall be very glad to propose you for Linnean 

 Soc., as I have just done for my son Francis. There 

 is no doubt about your election. I have written for 

 blank form. Please let me have your title, B.A. or 

 M.A., and title of any book or papers, to which I could 

 add < various contributions to " Nature." ' Also shall 

 I say ' attached to Physiology and Zoology ' ? When 

 I have signed whole, shall I send a paper to Hooker 

 and others at Kew ; or do you wish it sent to some one 

 else for signature? Three signatures are required. 

 The paper will have to be read twice or thrice when 

 Soc. meets in November. But you could get books 

 out of library or out of that of Eoyal Soc. by my 

 signature or that of any other member. 



I am terribly sorry about the onions, as I expected 

 great things from them, the seeds coming, I believe, 

 always true. As tubers of potatoes graft so well, 



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