The Nymphaea pygmaea has lately been in flower and Duthie is sending a specimen for the RBG Kew herbarium at Dr Aitchison's request. It has been raining incessantly there for the last month, whereas beyond the Siwaliks [Sivaliks] there have been only a few showers at long intervals. Damp east wind and cloudy weather were insufficient to keep the crops alive. At such times, canal water is a great blessing. Duthie is doing a lot of planting out wherever irrigation can be applied. The delay on the part of government in arranging for the distribution of the Eucalyptus and Prosopis plants grown at Saharanpur, and the very rapid growth they have made during the hot weather they have lately had, determined Duthie to make plantations rather than lose any. Some indents have now come in just in time for despatching the smaller plants. Some seeds were sent to Duthie last year from the Government of India, labelled as 'without name', which were received from Dr Forbes Watson in autumn 1876. The plants are growing splendidly, it looks like an Acacia. Duthie has a letter from Atkinson asking if he can have Strachey's and Winterbotham's list of the plants of Garhwal and Kumaon; he wishes to have it for printing next cold weather. Duthie adds in postscript that he has just heard that Saharanpur has at last got an abundance of rain. Pages 1 and 4 fo 4.