Glad correspondent’s paper went well.
Poor health and much work forces CD to be brief.
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Glad correspondent’s paper went well.
Poor health and much work forces CD to be brief.
Discusses microscopic observation of pollen tubes.
Unable to exchange orchids because of his illness.
Discusses DJB’s MS concerning the origin of species.
CD sends thanks for MTM’s note on monsters. Adds comment on MTM’s point that some species become monstrous more frequently than others.
CD sends [to the Linnean Society] a paper "On one of the most curious orchids in the world" [read J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 9 (1865): 156–62]. [See 4680].
Forwards a communication from A. Fonblanque for possible publication in Natural History Review. [See "Notice of mule breeding", Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 5 (1865): 147–8.]
Thanks CVN for reference to the Comptes Rendus [Académie Française].
Mentions CVN’s work on Cucurbitaceae and notes that he (CD) has quoted extensively from it in Variation.
Hopes to send paper on Lythrum [Collected papers 2: 106–31] soon.
Mentions exchange of photographs.
Family matters; CD’s feelings on death of FW’s son [James Mackintosh Wedgwood, 1834–64].