Asks to borrow Ernst Haeckel’s Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Hydromedusen (1865) [and Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Siphonophoren (1869)].
Has not been neglecting Pangenesis for Medusae.
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Asks to borrow Ernst Haeckel’s Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Hydromedusen (1865) [and Zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Siphonophoren (1869)].
Has not been neglecting Pangenesis for Medusae.
Sends books.
Discusses GJR’s Pangenesis experiments; views of Galton on the theory.
Encloses list of errata in Insectivorous plants [1875] for the French translator.
He is proposing [John Wesley] Judd for FRS and asks for CD’s support.
Sends his paper on an American pitcher-plant [Darlingtonia californica].
Sends Charles Lyell’s letters. Those from 1862–9 are so heavy that they have to be put in two parcels.
Regrets having missed seeing CD when he was in London.
Thanks for sending "wonderful speciment of Darlingtonia".
"I will not forget your obliging offer of giving me information with respect to California about which I may be curious."