Dear Sir

I thank you sincerely for your very kind note & good wishes. I am much pleased to hear that you are translating my last book.— I fully agree that you had better always use the scientific terms for what we call the Primrose & Cowslip.— With respect to the Oxlip, I sh^d. think it would be best to refer to it as the hybrid P. veris-vulgar   The so-called Bardfield Oxlip, which is rare in England, must of course be called P. elatior Jacq.¹

I wish you well through your labours & with congratulations on the new year, remain, with much respect. | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin

Two bad errata

p. 162 9 lines from top for “mid-length stamens”, read “shortest”

p. 205 5 lines from bottom for “own-form shortest stamens” read “own-form mid-length stamens”.²