Thanks for KHvS’s book [La province de Smyrne (1873)].
Discusses possible meeting.
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Thanks for KHvS’s book [La province de Smyrne (1873)].
Discusses possible meeting.
JT will not quit the subject [of spontaneous generation] until light is let in on every cranny of the question.
The teapot is exquisite. Louisa says to say "the gift is worthy of the giver. Nothing higher can be said."
Congratulates correspondent on appointment to important post.
Leaving tomorrow for visit [with William Darwin].
Cannot express opinion on RT’s views on earthquakes. To do good work on that subject a man must be deeply versed in wave motions.
Sends two waste sheets of MS of Descent; Miss F can cut out any portion she likes.
Thanks for part nine of WHE’s [Butterflies of North America (1868–72)].
Comments on trimorphism in Papilio ajax.
Asks whether GC knows who gave CD a scolding in last Edinburgh Review [Apr 1873].
Comments on CHB’s book [Experimental researches on catarrhus aestivus – hay-fever or hay-asthma (1873)].
Explains that some pollens are wind-blown while others depend on insects for dispersal. Effect of pollen on skin and mucous membrane astonishing. Sends a book [M. Wyman, Autumnal catarrh (1872)].
Returns insectivorous plants to Kew, with questions about their range. Most species seem to have remarkably confined ranges.
Asks for a Bengal Aldrovanda leaf so that he can see whether it differs from the German species.
Roridula interested him extremely.