Discusses the orchid specimens received from MTM. Remarks on the self-sterility of Cypripedium and other orchids.
Discusses the orchid specimens received from MTM. Remarks on the self-sterility of Cypripedium and other orchids.
Sends his niece’s [Lucy Wedgwood] observations on worms, vouches for her accuracy, and suggests the piece be inserted in Gardeners’ Chronicle [see "Worms", Gard. Chron. (1868): 324].
Adds his thanks for a "very kind review" of his book [Variation, Gard. Chron. (1868): 124].
Thanks correspondent for information about a dog.
Sends an article for insertion in Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Suggests sending a proof ‘as my hand-writing is so bad’.
CD refuses an interview because of a severe headache, but wishes all success to the Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Discusses flower structures of the hop.
Thanks correspondent for article on CD in Gardeners’ Chronicle.