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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Ida
Date:
21 June [1881?]
Source of text:
DAR 258: 647
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
No summary available.
Wants seeds of heterostyled plants to test fertility of illegitimate seedlings.
Offers £100 to FM to replace books lost in flooding.
Plans visit to Ceylon.
Describes rejection of his application for funds by Berlin Academy. Asks about possibility of obtaining support in England. Is writing to Lubbock and Huxley about it.
Hopes that new microscope from Zeiss is satisfactory. Ernst Abbe selected lenses.