List of close species taken from AG’s Manual of botany [1848].
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List of close species taken from AG’s Manual of botany [1848].
[Copy of some rough notes.] References about species. Variations within species.
Asa Gray’s criticism of Buckle and his comments on large and small genera.
CD suspects glacial epoch immensely long. Rates of organic change too variable to make them a good measure of geological time.
Bees’ cells are a difficulty for theory.
A set of questions CD prepared for his meeting with WHM to discuss the geometry of bees’ cells.
Bees’ cells; GRW thinks hexagonal shape is accidental. Encloses notes on cells of Icaria.
CD recounts an idyllic stroll and nap – "as pleasant a rural scene as ever I saw, and I did not care one penny how any of the beasts or birds had been formed".
Confidential revelation concerning W. F. Daniell.
Georg Hartung confirms CD’s supposition from flora of Azores that icebergs had been stranded there.
Has been at Moor Park since Tuesday. Is passing his time watching ants.
Concerned about ED’s headaches, CD writes an affectionate letter.
Believes he has found a rare slave-making species of ant.
Is reading novels: Beneath the surface and Three chances.