My dear Sir

I am much obliged for the cheque & enclose a receipt.

I have no corrections for the “Descent of Man”, so you can have 1000(?) printed off.—¹

You will have understood that I am quite willing & glad that you sh^d. stereotype the Orchids.—²

The type must be broken up of the “Forms of Flowers”.³

With respect to “Cross-Fertilisation” as you are out of copies, a new Edit. must be prepared & the Edit may then be stereotyped. Please ask M^ess. Clowes (as the type of two books will be freed) to keep up Cross-Fertilisation for about 2 or 3 weeks more, by which time I hope to be able to have all corrections ready.—⁴ They could be ready in a week or less, if I could give up all my time, but this is impossible.—⁵

Please inform me in answer to my query to M^r Cooke whether the Edit of 2000 of the Origin includes the 1000 of which I heard a month ago.—⁶ The number of Thousandth on the Title-page must be altered.

Lastly please send me a copy in sheets of the “Forms of Flowers”, that I may keep it in case a new Edit. is ever wanted.—

Thanks for your kind congratulations about the L.L.D.⁷

I am sorry to trouble you about so many points, but when you answer this note be so good as to glance through this note.

My dear Sir | Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin

P.S. | On reflexion I do not understand how it is that the profits of the two books amounts exactly to 200 guineas. Our agreement has always been that I have $\frac{2}{3}$ profits, though in the case of the book on Orchids I remember I agreed to receive only half-profits.—⁸ I sh^d. like to hear about this point.—

C. D.—