Responding to CD’s request for assistance with his study of "bloom", JDH sends seeds, a list of available plants, and a list of English wild plants with "bloom".
Responding to CD’s request for assistance with his study of "bloom", JDH sends seeds, a list of available plants, and a list of English wild plants with "bloom".
CD thanks JDH for assistance with "bloom" study.
CD will take a room in Magdalen Hall at Oxford; thanks JDH’s aunt for trouble.
JDH’s books have arrived.
Glad to hear of new plants from Van Diemen’s Land and New Zealand.
JDH has to entertain the Emperor of Brazil [Pedro II], who wants to meet CD.
CD cannot see the Emperor of Brazil because he is in Southampton, but he sends sincere respects for the Emperor’s role in assisting science.
JDH finds the Emperor, once an energetic man, all used up.
JDH recounts circumstances of his receiving Star of India (K.C.S.I.).
Congratulations on JDH’s engagement.
Sorry JDH is so determined on an expedition.
Emperor of Brazil continues to press JDH for a meeting with CD.
JDH’s daughter, Harriet, marries W. T. Thiselton-Dyer.
Cannot come to Hitcham as he is anticipating a visit from Bernhard Studer of Bern.
Wants to go over remainder of species sketch when he sees JDH.
Urges JDH to go to Scotland.
Pleased JDH works on geographical distribution of Van Diemen’s Land flora.
Planning a visit to Kew. Wishes to meet H. C. Watson.
Will visit JDH on Friday. Coming by phaeton to save five changes of conveyance.
David Milne’s attack on his Glen Roy paper ["On the parallel roads of Lochaber", (1847) Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh 16 (1849): 395–418] made CD horribly sick.
Wants Thomas Thomson to establish geographical range of erratic boulders in India.
JDH has just returned from U. S., where he worked on N. American geographical distribution with Asa Gray.
Welcomes JDH home from American expedition.
Requests seeds for experiments he and Frank are doing on automatic movements of cotyledons.
Discusses the structure of grass embryos; states differing theories regarding which part of the seed corresponds to the cotyledon.
Requests seeds for study of movement in cotyledons. Would love to study Welwitschia cotyledons.
Son William is to be married 28 November.