My dear Hooker

I sh^d very much enjoy a walk with you, as proposed, at Kew, but the infamous weather & more especially my utter ignorance how long it will take the artist to do M^r. Arthrobalanus, render it impossible to fix with certainty. I go to London tomorrow & I w^d propose to come about 1 oclock & lunch with you if you will give me some at West Park,² & afterwards have a walk in the Garden.— Will you send me a line to “7 Park St Grosvenor Square”,³ telling me honestly whether this will be perfectly convenient to you & whether you will allow me to take my chance of coming, so that if I do not come by 2. you will know that I have been prevented.

Ever yours | C. Darwin

Many thanks for your note about the Omnibuses.