My dear Dyer

I write to thank you for all your varied information. I am particularly glad to hear about the Imatophyllum, for if I can get the plants to flower I am particularly curious to know whether Beatons story of the direct action of the pollen is true.²

The arms of the anemone do rotate splendidly, but Frank has made only one trial as yet about their power of burying themselves.³ These seeds were some which one of my sons gathered in Switzerland, & Hooker told us nothing of your being sent any, which we sh^d be glad of⁴   I have no doubt D^r. Heckel is right, for I have shown that certain (though not all) glandular hairs especially of Saxifrages do absorb weak carbonate of Ammonia, & I have attempted to show how this gave rise to power of digestion.—⁵

With many thanks for all your kindness | yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin