Thanks AWB for review in Nature [probably review of Insectivorous plants, 12 (1875): 206–9, 228–31].
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Thanks AWB for review in Nature [probably review of Insectivorous plants, 12 (1875): 206–9, 228–31].
Arranges to visit AWB.
Is delighted CD plans to call on him.
Wants to discuss botanical work.
Declines invitation to breakfast.
Thanks for copy of Cross and self-fertilisation.
Reports instances of cross-fertilisation in maize,
and succession of forms of flowers on Isle of Wight.
Asks CD’s suggestions for his second edition of Julius von Sachs’s Text-book of botany.
Asks AWB for a reference to a paper;
thanks him for his generous review of the last edition [6th] of the Origin.
Discussed observations made in 1863 of Impatiens pollen and humble-bees.
Proposes establishing a quarterly journal for longer, illustrated articles of some popular appeal. Seeks CD’s support.
Thanks for CD’s regrets at AWB’s leaving Nature.
Plans English editions of Asa Gray’s books [How plants grow; How plants behave].
Other publication plans.
Recommends H. Müller’s Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873).
Thanks for reference to Hermann Müller on fertilisation [Die Befruchtung der Blumen (1873)].
Publication plans.
Believes some flowers fail to produce seed because of the access of too great a quantity of pollen. Asks for CD’s opinion and references.
Asks about woodblocks of illustrations for Climbing plants [1875].
Sends papers and references.
Reports his microscopic observations on Drosera and other plants.
Thanks for sending papers by Hermann Hoffmann.
Discusses spiral cells in Drosera and Pinguicula.
Returns copy of Botanische Zeitung.
Responds to comments on Drosera.
Has found the relation of pollen-grain size to style size in Primula to be the opposite of CD’s view; asks whether there is an error or just remarkable variation.