My dear Darwin

I am sorry to say that we have no seeds of the Hibiscus or Nolana;¹ they are things of a class which it is not worth our while to harvest the seeds of— we can buy fresh seeds cheaper annually for ourselves & the rare correspondents who ask for them

I herewith send a list of the best Liliums we can give you plants of most if you do not want many— but I suppose that you want bed’s full.—²

I have lost a note I made about a work on European orchids that we want; & which you mention in your supplementary paper on Orchid: fertilization. What I want to know is when you saw said work— can you pick up my scattered ideas for me? You quote I think some Society’s memoirs, for the work³

We have been awfully gay of late at dinners & Garden parties. & I am proportionately behindhand & disgusted with myself.

Ever Yours affect | J D Hooker