My dear Hooker

We go to London tomorrow morning to “R. B. Litchfield 2 Bryanston St Portman Sq^r.”¹ I want very much to come down early in the morning to Kew, to talk with you about several things; to see the Eucalypti & the young plants of the genus, of which you said I c^d have some; & lastly, to observe Mimosa Albida.² Could you therefore have M. albida placed for a few days in as hot a house as it can withstand.

I dare say you could send some one with me to look at these plants without losing your own time. Now what day wd be the most convenient to you? All days are the same to me if I hear two or three days before but of course my movements must depend to a certain extent on how I am. I w^d start about 8^o.30′ & drive down—

If Sunday shd be the most convenient day I w^d come the day after tomorrow; but in this case you must send me a line to Bryanston St by return of post—

yours affectionately | Ch. Darwin