CD apologises for his note to J. L. Stokes [see 940], which somehow found its way into GG’s hands.
Praises GG’s work on Australia.
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CD apologises for his note to J. L. Stokes [see 940], which somehow found its way into GG’s hands.
Praises GG’s work on Australia.
Will JDH be in London?
Cirripede observations.
Proposes to visit Kew.
Will come to Kew on Friday.
CD’s visit to Kew.
Concerned about Father’s health.
Forwards a letter from FitzRoy.
Dr Erasmus Darwin’s scientific prophecies are the talk of London.
J. D. Hooker has described Capt. King’s Tierra del Fuego plants and CD’s Galapagos plants [in Flora Antarctica, pt 2 (1847)] which have extraordinary interest and novelty.
A malicious person has sent George Grey, Governor of New Zealand, a letter CD had written to J. L. Stokes, containing a derogatory statement likening Grey’s expedition to "a set of school boys".
Has read JDH’s paper ["Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago", Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 20 (1851): 116–233] and thinks it the best essay on geographical distribution he has ever met with. Comments on the paper.
Encloses a set of proof sheets of the fossil shells in South America.
Also encloses some specimen sheets by G. B. Sowerby to disseminate as an advertisement.
Asks that E. A. Darwin’s name be added to the lists of subscribers to John Price’s work on the Invertebrata.
Asks to borrow specimens of sessile cirripedes from Museum of Royal College of Surgeons.
Instructs FW to send off a bundle of deeds which he holds for their trust.
Hopes JDH can come to stay in January.
Thanks for the corallines.
Mention of JDH’s capital speech.
Can JDH come on 16 Jan? CD will ask the "old set" to come and also the Lyells.
Thanks JH for draft. Glad to hear account of farmhouse.
Discusses the geological origin of terraces.
Mentions R. I. Murchison’s paper ["On the superficial detritus of Sweden", Q. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 2 (1846) pt 1: 349–81].
Comments on Tertiary beds of South America. Doubts that durable formations are now accumulating. Discusses formation of trap-rock. Notes effect of decomposition of lava; discusses action of submerged gravel on underlying rock.
Asks JM for information on sales of his Journal of researches and to procure for him a copy of the American edition. He is curious to see if the part on slavery has been altered.
The potato seeds were collected in 1835 from tubers in a remote area of the Cordilleras of Chile and were certainly wild. Refers him to Journal [of researches, p. 347].
Recommends Ernst Dieffenbach for expedition to Guatemala.
Orders John Pye Smith’s book [Relations between the Holy Scriptures and some parts of geological science (1839)].
Describes results of experiments on cobwebs, "neither spider or anything else had caused a line to disappear". Apologises for having to draw this conclusion as she had cheered him so in his work on species.