Working on abstract, which now is to consist of a number of sections each to be read at Linnean Society and to be published as a unit. Has finished section on variation under domestication.
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Working on abstract, which now is to consist of a number of sections each to be read at Linnean Society and to be published as a unit. Has finished section on variation under domestication.
Bees’ cells; is the hexagonal shape deliberate or merely the result of lateral pressure on cylinders?
Thanks JDH for stylistic corrections on MS of large and small genera.
Observations, while walking along headlands, on thistle-down blown out to sea and then blown inland.
Has finished arranging his pigeons’ skeletons. May consult TCE on them.
CD is at work on an abstract of his conclusions on species and varieties [Origin]. His "bigger book" [Natural selection] will take two or three more years.
CD and his family have come to the seashore, driven from home by scarlet fever at Down, death [of Charles Waring Darwin], and other family illness. Sorry to miss seeing JSH.
Would be grateful to hear his objections to CD’s species speculations.
Species migration since the Pliocene. Effect of the glacial epoch. Present geographical distribution, especially similarities of mountain floras, explained by such migration; mountain summits as remnants of a once continuous flora and fauna.
Cross-fertilisation in Fumariaceae.
Encloses a list of British perennials which seed in New South Wales and explains the source of his information. Lists plants which have become weeds in the country.
Has been asked to set a price on slate relief slabs [see 2236]. Would appreciate advice from correspondent as he would like to buy pictures with the money.
Variations in the structure of Pelargonium flowers.
No summary available.
All are exceedingly obliged by JH's kind thought for the [Leeds] Literary and Philosophical Society. Subject JH mentions will be most interesting. Paper should not be too long. News from Ingwell most comforting.
R.S.L. committee for considering continuance of magnetic observations has recommended that hourly observations be carried out at Falkland Islands, Newfoundland, and Vancouver Island. Alternate stations are Ceylon and Bermuda. Will not print all observations. Hopes colonial governments will participate. JH and William Whewell will be at [B.A.A.S. meeting in] Leeds.
R.S.L. committee recommends continuing three magnetic observatories at Falkland Islands, Newfoundland, and Vancouver Island.
Forwarded JH's letter of 8 Aug. 1858 to members of magnetic committee, who will respond before B.A.A.S. meeting in Leeds next month. Asks that both committees meet jointly on first day. Edward Sabine is willing to superintend new series of observations proposed by JH.
Thanks JH for his comments on PR's plan for London drainage. Asks another question regarding the system.
Thanks PR for the sewerage book. Suggests a method of disposing of sewage in the river. Concerned about solid waste, which he thinks should be used as fertilizer.
Regarding the financial affairs of JH.
Regarding a difference in their observations of a certain star.
Has not heard from him for a long time. Hopes all is well. Elizabeth Baily has had a stroke but is slowly mending. Arthur Baily has committed suicide. His own wife and children are at the seaside. Hopes JH or one of his daughters will write soon.
Sees that JH was the author of the article on mathematics in Brewster's Encyclopaedia. Comments on this and Isaac Newton's authorship of the notes and review of the Commercium Epistolicum.