His long experience with propagation of Cytisus and other "sports".
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His long experience with propagation of Cytisus and other "sports".
Thanks for copy of Cross and self-fertilisation.
Francis Darwin’s observation of nectaries in Pteris is most curious.
Doubts cross-fertilisation in the rare cases of two flowers on the same stalk in Victoria and Euryale.
Notes variation in style and stamen length in Forsythia.
Is engaged in translating Hermann Müller’s Befruchtung der Blumen [1873].
Has observed Sphinx moths on Petunia.
Discusses some dimorphic plants.
Sends specimens of Rhamnus but his few specimens of Leucosmia are very poor.
Has sent Balfour’s certificate on to Ray Lankester, and encloses a certificate for Moseley for CD to sign.
Calls attention to a paper by Emil Bessels on Eskimos, which he extracts [see 10737].
CD has cited GR for material that is not his in Variation, 2d ed., 1: 469, on transmission of mutilation.
Has read and greatly admires CD’s latest book, Cross and self-fertilisation; seeks permission to translate it into French and to add some annotations. [EMH’s translation was published in 1877.]
No papers on heterostyly have appeared since 1873.
Studying anatomy of the Irish pig.
Emil Bessels’ paper is in Archiv für Anthropologie 8 (1875): 107. He connects a band of poor Eskimos encountered at Smith’s Sound with glacial man.
Describes new journal, Kosmos, to be edited by Ernst Krause. Asks CD to lend his name to journal.
Has sent Anthropogenie, 3d ed.
Will send his study [Biologische Studien, pt 2: Studien zur Gastraea-theorie (1877)] in January.
Thanks CD for hospitality at Down.
Is happy to sign F. M. Balfour’s application for admission to the Royal Society.
Remembers CD from Edinburgh days.
Acknowledges presentation copy of Cross and self-fertilisation.
Thanks for visit to Down.
Praise for CD’s theories.
Much pleased with CD’s book [Cross and self-fertilisation]. Is struck by width and caution of his generalisations and by the application of experiment to processes of life hitherto merely observed.
Considers some flowers especially adapted for self-fertilisation, and believes all flowers are self-fertilising under some conditions. Gives examples of plants in which he believes all flowers are cleistogamous. Believes self-fertilisation is the primordial condition of flowering plants.