My dear F.

On my study table there are 2 old Boxes with seeds— Please get out packet of Oxalis Valdiviana (not the seeds in white paper from Kew, as they are all bad) O. rosea, O floribunda & O. corniculata (which latter Lettington has) & have one pot of each sown, for I want to trace movement of an old Cotyledon, after its growth has ceased if it ever does cease.—² Also I want you to examine & compare carefully the pulvinuses of a species which raises & depresses its cotyledons greatly at night, & of O. corniculata which raises them only moderately.—³ I have, however, some in spirits of Wine which will now be beautifully white on shelf by microscope Table.—

I will write to day to Veitch for plant of Bignonia capreolata— read what I say about its Tendrils.— If any Tendrils are ready (& they are ready for Heliotropism before fully expanded). before we return try tips painted with Indian Ink.—⁴ I use the solution thickened by rubbing.—

I shall have to work you like a Horse when we come back.— De Vries comes here to day for 3 Hours—⁵ the Lord have mercy on me—

Goodbye dear old Backy C. D.