CD named corresponding member of the Geographical Society of Lisbon.
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CD named corresponding member of the Geographical Society of Lisbon.
Cotyledon sleep movement in Haematoxylon.
Notes the movements of leaves of Euphorbia jacquiniaeflora in response to light intensity.
Kind of JP to send notes on horses, but will not write on subject again.
Erasmus Darwin has not left his house for three years.
Young Belgian students [L. A. Errera and Gustave Gevaert] ask CD to read their paper, which summarises Cross and self-fertilisation. They criticise CD’s views on the comparative effects of crossing flowers on the same stem and fertilisation of a flower by its own pollen ["Sur la structure et les modes de fécondation des fleurs", Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 17 (1878): 38–181, 182–248].
Sending MS.
Used Anton Kerner’s nomenclature for designating crosses.
Thanks CD for Forms of flowers.