Returns letter mailed by mistake [see 4361].
Hopes CD will accept gift of his Radiolarien [Die Radiolarien, 2 vols. (1862)].
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Returns letter mailed by mistake [see 4361].
Hopes CD will accept gift of his Radiolarien [Die Radiolarien, 2 vols. (1862)].
Remarks on ARW’s review of Samuel Haughton’s paper on bees’ cells
and Origin.
Agassiz’s strength as geologist and weakness in natural history theory.
Work problems.
His butterfly collection.
Problems with book on Malay journey.
Recommends Herbert Spencer and his Social statics.
Spencer’s "masterly" nebular hypothesis.
Has seen that ARW has read a paper to the Linnean Society.
Thinks that Herbert Spencer’s Social Statics (Spencer 1851) would be too deep for him.
Calls CD’s attention to an article by Paul Janet.
Asks CD’s opinion on the accuracy of stating that barley and wheat are different varieties of the same species.
Has finished correcting Primula paper [see 4332].
Has presented paper on monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
CD thinks JS’s Primula paper is fit for publication; he will send it on to the Linnean Society.
JL’s article on Huxley’s "Lectures [to working men]".
Planning a volume of essays [Prehistoric times (1865)].
Glad CD is sending his Primula paper to Linnean Society.
Sends promised Linum seeds.
Regrets sending his MS missing two pages.
Has proofs of his paper on the monoecious spikes of maize [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 213–20].
J. H. Balfour objected to notion of maize descent from a hermaphrodite.
Reading of JS’s paper on Selaginella hybrid [Edinburgh New Philos. J. 2d ser. 19 (1864): 192–9] deferred until March. Believes it is first example of experimentally produced hybridity in higher cryptogams.
Urges Emma to bring CD to hydropathic establishment at Forres.
Asks CD to sign certificate nominating Flower for Royal Society.
CD very ill.
Suspects F. Boott’s widow is illegitimate granddaughter of Erasmus Darwin.
CD, like JDH, has speculated that agrarian weeds have become adapted to cultivated ground. Suggests comparison with country of origin.
Wallace’s praise of Herbert Spencer’s Social statics baffles CD.
[Letter completed by E. A. Darwin.]
On his deathbed her husband [Francis] expressed admiration for CD.
Has verified J. M. Bechstein’s contention that species of finches hybridise.
Quotes Thomas Bewick’s observations on hybrids between pheasants and common fowl. RGM had often noticed so-called "pheasant fowl", but thought it was a foreign bird.
Collecting subscriptions for a school at Ford.
Sends his MS of orchid paper ["A few notes on the fecundation of orchids and their morphology", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 8 (1865): 127–35] for CD to send to an editor.
CD was right about Catasetum sexes.
Ficus experiments fail.
Family affairs.
Mrs Innes’ brother-in-law has died.
JDH’s opinion of Herbert Spencer.
Rejects CD’s view of inheritance of induced modifications.
Huxley grows fat.
CD’s illness.
The difficulty of getting John Scott to publish his work. Has sent Scott’s paper [on Primulaceae] to Linnean Society. CD is sure it is valuable.