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that of my readers. First, I think it is desirable to 

 append a hst of the more important works bearing 

 upon the subject, and if I make such a hst I should 

 not like to trust to my own information, lest I should 

 do unwitting injustice to some observing writers. If, 

 therefore, you Govld,withoid taking any special trouble, 

 jot down from memory the works you think most 

 deserving of mention, I think it would be of benefit 

 to the reading public. 



From G. Darwin, Esq. 



Down : November 14, 1880. 



My dear Eomanes, — Many thanks for your kind 

 sympathy. My wife's sister was, I fully believe, as 

 good and generous a woman as ever walked this 

 earth. 



The proof-sheets have not arrived, but probably 

 will to-morrow. I shall like to read them, though 

 I may not be able to do so ve7-y quickly, as I am 

 bothered with a heap of little jobs which must be done. 

 I will send by to-day's post a large book by Focke, 

 received a week or two ago, on Hybrids, and which I 

 have not had time to look at, but which I see in 

 Table of Contents includes full history of subject and 

 much else besides. It will aid you far better than I 

 can ; for I have now been so long attending to other 

 subjects, and with old age, I fear I could make no 

 suggestions worth anything. Formerly I knew the 

 subject well. 



Kolreuter, Gartner, and Herbert are certainly far 

 the most trustworthy authorities. There was also a 



