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THIS is a reprint of a most important paper published by Mr. Darwin in the Annals of Natural History for last month (September). The paper is a translation of a series of notes prepared by Mr. Darwin for a French edition of his work on the Fertilization of Orchids. It contains, on the one hand, corrections of some serious errors into which the author had fallen, and on the other hand, confirmations of many of his statements. It also contains new facts of interest from the author's observations, and those of other observers. We have not space to abstract the paper, having only received it a few days before ''going to press," but we heartily commend it to the attention of all philosophic botanists.