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* direct »Letter 3154 — Darwin, C. R. to Herschel, J. F. W., 23 May [1861]
Thanks JFWH for his "Physical geography" [from the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1861)] and for what he says about Origin, though JFWH goes but a little way with CD. Gives reasons why he cannot accept "Design" in nature, though he is in a "complete jumble" on the point. Is confident of his views because they have aided good workers in several fields to "group and understand many scattered facts".
* direct »Letter 3637 — Gray, Asa to Darwin, C. R., 2 July 1862
Discusses dimorphic plants and the occurrence of "precocious fertilisation" in the bud. Gives some comments on design in nature in the light of the translator's commentary in the French edition of the Origin. Reports the recent events of the Civil War. [Note on verso of envelope:] Utricularia vulgaris is "about as neatly contrived for cross-fertilisation by insects as almost any orchid".