Dear Sir,

In answer to your enquiries respecting the German Seeds¹ I beg to say I import my own direct and I find the quality so superior to what I used to get from the wholesale dealers in London that every year I find a very great increase in the demand. The best quality I have ever got has been from Mess^rs. C. Platz & Son, Erfurt, Prussia Frederick Adolphus Haage Jun^r. also of Erfurt is a good grower of them and also Charles Appelius of the same place. G. H. Behn of Hamburgh also grows them good and extensively.

I am | Sir | Your most obed^t Sert— | John Cattell C. Darwin Esqr