84 KEW, ST. PETEESBUEG, AND MAEOCCO 



During these years when several larger books were on han 

 the Appendix reveals a smaller number of technical paper 

 than in preceding years. This period contains six contribt 

 tions to botanical journals, of which that on Nepenthes pre 

 figures the 1874 paper on Carnivorous Plants. He contribute 

 furthermore Eosaceae to Martius' ' Flora Braziliensis,' and th 

 descriptions of four orders to Oliver's ' Flora of Tropical Africa 

 For the ' Admiralty Manual of Scientific Enquiry ' he revise 

 his father's article on botany. The year 1869 was mainl 

 devoted to a work of especial interest, alike as a continuatio 

 of his father's work and a pursuit of his own inclinations. 



To Charles Darwin 



(End of 1868.) 



Now lift up your hands and eyes, when I tell you that 

 am doing a British Flora ! My Father's British Flora is jus 

 out of print, and Arnott, his coadjutor, is dead, and bot 

 Balfour and other Scotch Professors have been at me t 

 write another Flora that shall be better adapted to students 

 purposes — more scientific, with references to such observa 

 tions as yours, with attention to various points that i 

 structure and morphology [are] not usually noted, an< 

 with rather more complete and uniform Genera description 

 than the former editions. Bentham's is far the best Flora 

 but he slurs over very distinct subspecies &c, his Englis] 

 names are an abomination to the Professors, and his phrase 

 ology is not scientific enough for a class book, that shouL 

 impress terms that express definite morphological combi 

 nations and structures of flower, fruit, &c. I have Ion 

 wished to write a book of this sort, and shall have famou 

 help from Oliver in all scientific points, and Baker * a 

 to critical species, &c. I should like too to write a goo( 

 brief introduction to the principles of plant -classification 

 with a map or two of orders such as we have often spoken of 

 It is an awful task and you may wish me well through it 

 but by my wife acting as amanuensis the descriptive par 

 goes on very smoothly. It will, if well done, be the clas; 

 book for Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin and U. College, London 

 and perhaps other schools, and hence have a good sale, i 



1 See p. 242, note. 



