Provides another case of apparently pure bred pointers producing litter with one setter puppy. Correspondent was told that this occurred in several litters; gives names of owners and others who can corroborate the information.

Distribution of AG's pamphlet.

Insectivorous plants.

Informs AG of his [CD's] notice on Pumilio in Gardeners' Chronicle [5 Jan 1861; Collected papers 2: 36-8].

The embryology of the vertebrate nervous system may be an exception to the law of inheritance at corresponding ages.

JDH delivers CD's letter to C. V. Naudin.

Neither Naudin nor Decaisne appreciates Origin.

Discusses Naudin on physiological causes of species formation;

Decaisne on plant heredity.

JDH on Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.

Thanks for paper ["Über die Entwicklungstheorie Darwins", Amtl. Ber. Versamml. Dtsch. Naturforsch. Aerzte 38 (1863): 17-30]. Delighted EH confirms his views. Many in England afraid to express views openly.