Maw promised to send him instructions on gathering to send to the Palestine Exploration Fund; Harpur-Crewe [Henry Harpur Crewe, rector of Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire] is in charge of negotiations; he does not know if Harpur-Crewe has any of Maw’s instructions, and if not, Maw is to send some to him to give to the Palestinians, who are very willing but need full instruction as Captain Conder [Claude Reignier Conder] and his lieutenant [Lord Kitchener] know little about botany; he would like a few copies for himself; Maw’s paper at the Linnean was successful and excited great interest; he hopes to meet him again soon to discuss several things