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the promising ones to plant out at Down in May. 

 Seed could then be saved in the following autumn. 

 All the other plants could be grown in the other gar- 

 dens, and well attended to. 



That is a very interesting letter in ' Nature.' 

 What do you think of Dr. Sanderson's paper in the 

 same number, as to its philosophy and expression ? I 

 have sent a letter about animal psychology which I 

 think will interest you. 



With kind regards to all, I remain, very sincerely 

 and most respectfully (this is a bow which I specially 

 reserve for you, and would make it lower, but for the 

 fear of making myself ridiculous), 



Geo. J. Eomanes. 



P.S. — I fear Mr. Morley would think my lecture too 

 long, and not original enough for the ' Fortnightly.' * 



Early in the year 1878, a great sorrow fell on the 

 Eomanes family. The elder of the two sisters, 

 Georgina, died in April, and to her brother, her junior 

 by two or three years, her loss was very great. She 

 was a brilliant musician, and had done much to pre- 

 vent her young brother from becoming too entirely 

 absorbed in science, and in keeping alive in him the 

 passionate love for music which was always one of his 

 characteristics. 



They went much together to concerts, and the 

 house was the centre of a good deal of musical society. 

 Among the many musicians who came and went may 

 be mentioned Gounod. He had a great admiration 

 and liking for Miss Eomanes, and used to make her 



1 It was subsequently published in the Fortnightly. 



