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xr. 54.] TO CHARLES DARWIN. 539 
November 6. 
I am very glad to hear from you, and to see half 
your letter of October 19 in your own handwriting is 
a good sign. I do hope you may get a comfortable 
winter, and bring out your next volume without 
breaking down. 
I am pleased that you approve my abstract of 
your Climber paper, but observe it was only of the 
first part of your elaborate article. But as to the 
praise you speak of, [ am sure you pay me back with 
interest. 
I lately sent “Silliman” as much more —a large 
part, indeed, extracts, which I could not shorten — on 
the Tendril-bearing part of your paper. But Dana 
sent me the proof, with all my long extracts omitted 
for want of room. This reduced my article to incohe- 
rence, so I begged all to be laid over for the January 
number, when I hope to have room. I entertained 
our social scientific club here with your article, and 
all were greatly interested. 
As to climbing roses, they are the strong summer 
shoots, growing after flowering, which I find fre- 
quently running their heads into dark corners of the 
porch over my door, ete. 
That is very curious, but quite what I looked for, 
that dimorphous species self-fertilized should act like 
hybrids (sterile or dwarf, etc.). 
You must publish these facts in some brief arti- 
“ Stephens ” (Stevens) was a New Yorker; is 
dead, years ago; wrote most amusing and popular 
travels ; in Egypt, as well. Central America was his 
first and freshest book, but only amusing, as far as 
T recollect. 
