Hearty thanks for the two bottles of pure water.
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Hearty thanks for the two bottles of pure water.
H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.
CD’s collected notes on geographical distribution would make a good book.
Frank [Darwin] has found a Trifolium remarkable for "bloom", but it was not in flower. If GHD knows where it grows, could he dig up the whole plant?
Thanks WTT-D for Drosophyllum seeds.
Asks whether canary grass and oats have chlorophyll in their cotyledons.
Has been working hard at circumnutation of leaves to see whether sleep movements are exaggerated circumnutation.
Will not sign a petition, for he feels vivisection is essential to the progress of physiology.
Has found no [potato] variety whose foliage can resist the parasite, except when grown under glass.
Requests some seeds.
Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.
Thanks AG for his kind note and returns his good wishes.
A young disciple wishes to know if reports of people with tails in New Guinea could be true.
Mentions wheat varieties sent by Governor General of Turkestan.
Fears that the promised bottle of pure water may have been despatched or stolen in passage. [See 11768a.]
Young Austrian woman asks for CD’s autograph.
A supporter of "the presumptive connection between socialism and evolution through natural selection" sends essays of Carl Vogt and requests CD to comment on them publicly.
Thanks correspondent for the copies of his engraving. "The work seems to be, though I cannot pretend to be a judge, a vy fine production".
Sends figures on increase in value of North Western Railway stocks. Says consol stock considered much more secure for bankers. Does not think his own bank is in danger of a run. Is glad to see the Emperor of Prussia has confirmed CD’s appointment to Academy. Is snowing at Bassett.
G[eorge] has visited A[nthony] R[ich] at Worthing.
Asks about possibility of securing grant in England in order to complete work on ammonites. Describes progress. Could CD recommend him to a foundation? Describes personal background.
Suggests MJ does not worry about the differences in opinion between ecclesiastics and scientists.
Relates anecdote about a provincial girl’s reaction to being told men descended from monkeys.