Has translated Origin into Serbian and wants CD’s authorisation to publish.
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Has translated Origin into Serbian and wants CD’s authorisation to publish.
States his admiration for CD’s views and their progress in the U. S.
Sends papers and references.
Reports his microscopic observations on Drosera and other plants.
Sends CD his photo
and a copy of his address at Hartford ["Change by gradual modification not the universal law", Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci. (1874) pt 2: 7–12]. Does not believe his observations are unfavourable to natural selection but feels there are other factors involved in the origin of form.
Discusses further his work on colour and sex in plants; the linking of high colour and maleness.
Will send a different Utricularia species when the seedlings are better established.
CD’s Utricularia findings – bladders, subterranean roots, and insects decomposing in them – a grand discovery.
Sends a copy of his book on Swiss ants [Les fourmis de la Suisse (1874)]. Notes points and passages that he thinks will interest CD.
Notes recent confirmation of CD’s views on subsidence in [island of] St Jago.
Describes Carboniferous strata discovered on Island of Mull by J. W. Judd. Contained evidence of Miocene sinking of volcanoes.
Information about various species of Utricularia.