Would like WED to send a specimen of the unusual plant organ of which he sent a drawing.
Would like WED to send a specimen of the unusual plant organ of which he sent a drawing.
JDH and Oliver impressed with CD’s observations on gyratory motion of plants.
CD pleased with Bentham’s Linnean Society address on the reception of Darwinism [J. Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 7 (1863): xi–xxix].
JDH’s social "dogma": "Brains x Beauty = Breeding + wealth".
[Dated 9 June by JDH.]
Progress of pigeon and poultry breeding experiments. No loss of fertility observed yet.
Blue-eyed cats and deafness.
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New invention for measuring barometrical variations on an increased scale.
Has been very busy, which will account for his error. Will adopt JH's plan.
Hopes to move Caroline (JH's daughter) to the seaside; then she will have a better chance of making a recovery. Probably expecting Willy home soon.
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