Dear Sir

I am very much obliged for your letter, which has interested me much. I intend to put together my notes this winter or next summer, so that I fear any future observations in India would be too late.—¹ As far as I know no one has ever attended in any way the worm-castings except myself; and I did not even know before hearing from M^r. Scott, whether the worms thus acted in Tropical countries:—² I hear from Professor Asa Gray that worms are as troublesome in lawns in the united states as with us.—³ I hope that your residence in south Europe will suit you & be pleasant.⁴ Perhaps you will be so kind as just to observe & inform me—whether there are many worm-castings there. I now remember your having written to me about the abnormal tree;⁵ though I had forgotten it when I wrote to you, as I receive a large number of letters from persons with whom I am personally unacquainted.

Pray believe me | My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin