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year no other Englishman had crossed the frontier ! Nor 

 in fact had any Englishman for 50 years preceding my 

 doing so. 



To-day I am expecting Capt. Scott of the Antarctic 

 Expedition, with Admiral Wharton, the late Hydrographer 

 of the Admiralty. 



To F. Darwin 



January 4, 1905. 



[Answering an enquiry as to what plants are represented 

 on the Darwin Medal.] 



My dear Frank, — I have botanised over the reverse of 

 the medal and make out : 



1. At the bottom Dionaea, followed on each side by 



2. Primula, 



3. A confused group of leaves and flowers of some tropical 

 Orchid — I cannot remember its name, though I recognise 

 the flower. It is not figured in your Father's two works, 

 i.e. Forms of Flowers and Orchids. I will run it down. 

 Neither Nepenthes nor Drosera are thus. 



4. Ampebjpsis. 



January 6, 1905. 



The Orchid on the medal is Phalaenopsis Schilleriana. 

 To W. E. Darwin 



February 19, 1905. 



[The ' Letters of Emma Darwin,' edited by her daughter, 

 which have since been published, were privately printed in 

 1905.] 



I have read every word of Henrietta's interesting volume 

 with great pleasure ; and with emotion in respect of what 

 relates to your parents. I often recall with deep feeling your 

 Mother's winning reception of me on my first visit to Down in 

 1843. It was followed by your father, who was earnest in 

 acquiring botanical information, inviting me to come and 

 stay for a week at a stretch, bringing my own work ; his 

 reason being that he could not (owing to his head symptoms) 

 discuss scientific matters for more than one half hour a day ; 

 and that my shorter stays would involve endless corres- 



