Requests climbing plants.
Asks that Oliver be told that he now does not care "how many tendrils he makes axial".
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Requests climbing plants.
Asks that Oliver be told that he now does not care "how many tendrils he makes axial".
Inquires about CD’s health.
JDH is writing letters for Scott, whose temper will be "no obstacle for Hindoos and Musselmen working under him".
New curator at Kew finds considerable neglect, with hundreds of plants dying.
Cannot get any Stellaria graminea for CD. It is rare. Some, producing different kinds of flowers, once grew in Sandgate, Kent. Variations in flowers need to be re-examined.
Would like to meet CD.
He is writing a piece on the Schleswig-Holstein affair which will expose the British press.
Sends observations on seeds of Pulmonaria officinalis requested by CD.
Discusses cost of trip to India and CD’s offer to advance sum. Thanks Hooker for assistance. Would prize a scientific testimonial from CD.
CD has proved common oxlip to be a hybrid of cowslip and primrose.
Reviewing literature on climbing plants, CD finds he has much new material.
W. H. Harvey claims evidence of saltation in a dandelion.
Sends Passiflora paper [see 4485].
Sends seeds of peloric Antirrhinum crossed by normal form and sends results of his experiments [table of crosses].
Thanks CD for £25. Discusses preparations for trip to India.
Letter of recommendation stating his high opinion of John Scott.
CD’s photograph looks like J. R. Herbert’s Moses in the fresco in the House of Lords.
JDH is delighted about oxlip, but hybridity does not explain some large patches that are uniform and do not vary towards either cowslip or primrose.
Encloses letter from W. H. Harvey discussing Myosotis sylvatica and the common dandelion.
Informs CD of two distinct forms of Plantago lanceolata.
W. H. Harvey’s dandelion case worth publishing.
Suspects the uniform Primula elatior JDH referred to is a distinct species.
Scott’s paper on Passiflora shows variability of reproductive systems.
Asks DO to draw diagram of Lythrum on board at Linnean Society for reference during the reading of CD’s paper.
Will be glad to do diagram for CD;
asks whether he has read a Hugo von Mohl paper [see 4349].
Short reply to ARW’s long letter. Reaffirms belief in sexual selection.
Postscript on M.-J.-P. Flourens’ "little dull book against me" [Examen du livre de M. Darwin (1864)].
L. H. Palm [Über das Winden der Pflanzen (1827)] is better on climbing plants than H. von Mohl [Über den Bau und das Winden der Ranken und Schlingpflanzen (1827)].
JDH busy reforming Kew’s operations.
Falconer may "fall foul" of Huxley’s anger over his attacks on Lyell.
Has heard of a coffee plantation post for Scott.
Has been informed Miss E. Watts retiring from poultry department of the Field and would like to take the post if made available. Asks CD if he would provide a reference for him if necessary.
Has bred and reared a young turtle-dove.
On progress of his lawsuit.