My dear Sir

My son is going to publish a Lecture, compiled from my ‘Climbing Plants’ in the Q. J. of Science. M^r. Dallas, the editor, had intended giving a Plate, but has now to give another & wants much 5 woodcuts.¹ Should you object to lend him 5 of them; for I doubt whether there is time to make cliches of them. My son’s paper is in type & the number appears on July 1^st.— I want much to oblige M^r. Dallas & the drawings are almost necessary for my son’s article. Therefore I beg you to do what you can for me at once; & the originals or the cliches had better be sent to M^r. Dallas, Geolog. Soc. Burlington House.—²

My son’s article will, also, serve as an advertisement.

The numbers of the Blocks,, as given in my book, are 1, 2, 5, 11, 13.—³

I suppose the new Edit: of “The Different Forms of Flowers” is now completed, & I sh^d. like to have a copy for myself; & if you do not object (on account of old copies not yet sold) I sh^d. like a copy to be sent to ‘Nature’ & another to Linnean Soc. Burlington House.⁴

I have not yet received any proofs of my new Book.⁵

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P.S. If original blocks from Climbing Plants are sent to M^r. Dallas, you had better enclose memorandum, asking for their prompt return, & if cliches, an account of their cost.

My absence from home has caused several day’s delay.⁶