My dear Hooker

I sh^d. be a much happier man if you would specifically name this grass for me: it has fairly beaten me: I am not sure even whether it is a Festuca; I feel pretty sure that it is not F. pratensis.—¹ It grows on rather dry chalky banks. I have collected 35 species & named all, I believe, correctly excepting this & one other, which latter I think I shall make out, when in fuller flower.—

Ever yours | C. Darwin

P.S. | Lots of Celery, & some Onions, & Carrotts & even one Radish & one Lettuce have come up after 85 days in salt-water!—