On crossing Aegilops.
On crossing Aegilops.
Thanks for specimen of Aegilops flour.
Comments on ASW’s papers.
Cites paper by Wilhelm Rimpau on self- and cross-fertilisation in wheat ["Die Züchtung neuer Getreide-Varietäten", Landwirtsch. Jahrb. 6
Fertilisation of wheat.
Would like to borrow Wilhelm Rimpau’s papers.
Thanks ASW for Aegilops seed.
Thanks for essays by ASW ["Experiments with turnip seeds", Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh 13 (1876–9): 25–39, and a short notice, "Experiments in singling turnips"] and Aegilops seed.
On germination of wheat.
Can supply Drosera if CD wants some.
Thanks for second lot of Aegilops seed.
Sends specimens of Russian wheat variety kubanka, which after sowing for two years degenerates into a different variety, saxonka. Suggests that ASW conduct experiments.
Thanks for specimen.
Always was sceptical of James Buckman’s experiment; heard afterwards that cruel trick was played on him.
Glad ASW is willing to look into Russian wheat case.
Observations on dimorphic and trimorphic plants of Scotland.
On fertilisation of Scrophularia nodosa.
Responds to ASW’s information about Erythraea
and about wasps on Scrophularia.
Mentions wheat varieties sent by Governor General of Turkestan.
Sends results of the first year’s experiments with the Russian wheat varieties sent by CD [see 11483].
Discusses ASW’s discovery of error in Russian belief about wheat varieties. Suggests that he publish paper in Journal of Royal Agricultural Society. [Results actually published in Gard. Chron. n.s. 11 (1879): 622–4.]
Package of wheat varieties from Russia lost in transit.
Results of his second year of experiments with Russian wheat varieties will be published in Gardeners’ Chronicle [n.s. 13 (1880): 108, 172–3].
Observations on germination of wheat.
Glad ASW has solved puzzle of outer seeds.
Quite agrees about great improbability of sudden transformations.
Asks for copy of report from Gardeners’ Chronicle [see 12404].
Thanks for articles by ASW in Gardeners’ Chronicle [see 12404]. Agrees with him.
Asks about growth of rootlets from knobs caused by fungus on roots of Cruciferae.
On clubroot fungus of cultivated Cruciferae.
Will give Russian wheat varieties another trial.
Speculates on origin of habit [of insects?] of laying eggs on plants of certain families.