R. L. Tait has requested CD send his [Tait’s] paper on Nepenthes to Royal Society. CD considers this a nuisance.
Certificate for G. J. Romanes.
Francis’ experiments on mechanism of twisted seeds.
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R. L. Tait has requested CD send his [Tait’s] paper on Nepenthes to Royal Society. CD considers this a nuisance.
Certificate for G. J. Romanes.
Francis’ experiments on mechanism of twisted seeds.
Comments on difficulty of distinguishing between lower animal and vegetable organisms.
Pleased by W. Stanley Jevons’ letter.
Has ordered Dr Cohn’s book.
Is sure that GHD’s energy will lead to success with work on viscous fluids.
Sends sheets of Climbing plants [2d ed.], which will be published in November. Suggests JVC have someone translate it under his supervision,
since he has not yet finished Insectivorous plants.
Admires the appearance of [German ed. of] Journal of researches.
Discusses other publication prospects.
Will be happy to present RLT’s paper on Nepenthes to Royal Society.
Has been learning to use a clinometer.
Has investigated passage and fares for Canaries trip.
Rereading Humboldt.
Asks JSH to thank Jenyns for present of Diptera.
Discusses CD’s unintended insult to George Grey.
Compliments JLS on his book [Discoveries in Australia (1846)].
Has decided to send R. L. Tait’s paper to the Royal Society.
Will try glycerine on Mimosa but doubts it will have an effect.
Thanks FMM for his essay [see 10194]. Though some of FMM’s remarks are "stinging", they have all been made "gracefully".
Thanks for information. Absorption of ammonium carbonate by glandular hairs.
JT’s tube [of boiled infusion] dated 16 Oct was clear on 19th; on the 20th it was muddy and contained many bacteria in living movement.
Thanks for excellent notice of Chauncey Wright.
Would like a copy of Wright’s "Darwinism in Germany" [Nation 21 (1875): 168–70].
Describes observations by his son Horace on the extreme sensitivity of twisted seeds to moisture.
CD apologises for his note to J. L. Stokes [see 940], which somehow found its way into GG’s hands.
Praises GG’s work on Australia.
Encloses manuscript [missing] by George King ["Sport in Paritium", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 101–3].
Sends thanks to Hooker for correction of name. Mentions other errors.
Thanks for THH’s essay on species [article for an American encyclopedia].
Will probably never again write on large and general subjects; will keep to easier specific ones such as insectivorous and climbing plants.
Sends list for complimentary copies and suggests various arrangements related to publication of Climbing plants.
Thinks a revised edition of Orchids is needed.
Will JDH be in London?
Cirripede observations.
Asks his correspondent to thank Prof. Reichenbach for his kindness. A plant was discovered in flower at Kew, and he was able to examine the doubtful point.
Asks JT to send the tubes [of boiled infusions]. Frank Darwin will do his best. Asks for full instructions.