Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.
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Pollination and floral structure of Lathyrus. Asks where bees bite through the flowers.
Thinks highly of GHD’s article [probably "On beneficial restrictions to liberty of marriage", Contemp. Rev. 22 (1873): 412–26]. A good omen for the future.
Discusses utility of plant secretions to ants.
Will read TB’s book when published [The naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)].
Starts tomorrow for visit to Farrer and Effie [Euphemia Farrer, daughter of Hensleigh Wedgwood]. Has not done such a feat [i.e., staying as a guest of someone outside the immediate family?] for 25 years.
Has been half killing himself with Drosera.
Thanks [FC] for his letter concerning a pony changing colour during the winter,
and remarks on the erection of human body hair, goose-skin, and the influence of colour and temperature on skin.
Asks JDH why so many plants are protected by a thin layer of waxy matter or with fine hairs.
Wrote to John Smith for a plant of Oxalis sensitiva, but it has not acted well.
Rejoices over Ayrton’s retirement. Hopes W. P. Adam, his successor, is a good sort of man.
Observations on bees’ biting holes in Lathyrus.
Suggests an experiment FD could carry out with Drosera.
CD is working on Mimosa, and "everything has turned out as perversely as possible".
Asks JDH to inquire of gardeners at Kew what they think about injury to plants from watering during sunshine. Wishes to experiment. He is already convinced that drops of water do not act as burning lenses.
Comments on experiments of touching seeds with acid.