My dear Hooker

I write merely to say that your Books arrived safely & very much obliged I am for so magnificent a loan.— The October no. 1845 of Phytologist was not with the others; I opened the packet myself & classed immediately the loose no^rs. in vols. & so perceived it.— I have begun the Phytologist, & will go through all you sent & then immediately return them.—

I am truly glad to hear by yesterday’s note of your new plants from V.D. & N.Z.— It is a truly wonderful case & to me more odious than any one other case that I can call to mind.¹ I cannot tell you how interested I shall be in seeing your results.

Pray mark out for the ignorant the plants common or closely analogous in D.V. N.Z. or F,² & which are not common to the northern hemisphere.—

Farewell—with thanks for all the many things I owe you for.— | C. Darwin