King's collection in Mr.Brown's possession, provisionally for the British Museum.

I fear you will be much disappointed in my few plants: an ignorant person cannot collect; and I, moreover, lost one, the first, and best set of the Alpine plants.

On the other hand, I hope the Galapagos plants (313/2.

See "Life and Letters," II., pages 20, 21, for Sir J.D.

Hooker's notes on the beginning of his friendship with Mr.
Darwin, and for the latter's letter on the Galapagos plants being placed in Hooker's hands.) (judging from Henslow's remarks) will turn out more interesting than you expect.