My dear Sir

Pray accept my 〈    〉 for your very kind 〈    〉 for the help you give 〈    〉 learning something about 〈phyllo〉-taxy. Nägeli’s observa〈tion〉 seems to be import〈ant〉 and, if borne 〈out〉 by the 〈    〉 will make rather for th〈an against〉 my view, I conceive.¹ For 〈    〉 suppose (till I find his own 〈    〉 he means that the bud in its earliest dissect-able condition 〈    〉—in the summer—has 〈    〉 leaves in some disorder. 〈    〉

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Charles Darwin 〈    〉