Sends his autograph.
Sends his autograph.
Thanks CD for his authorisation for the résumé which LG will read to the Société Botanique de Lyon.
Insectivorous plants has made a sensation in France. Some are for, some against. Some doubt that a plant could absorb and assimilate the matter dissolved by the secretions. Asks CD if N. B. Ward’s method of culture might be used to answer the question definitively.
On communication noises used by domestic poultry.
Asks her to send seeds from a flower in the garden at Hopedene, and the name of a dwarf crimson Oxalis.
Expresses appreciation of the house, which the Darwins have borrowed.
Thanks for letter of 21st.
When the curious Salvia arrives, CD will have it carefully planted. Interested in seeing its flowers.
Caroline [Wedgwood] has been ill for the last 20 months.
James Paget to be consulted about William Darwin’s brain concussion.
Thanks for a letter describing variation in chickens.
Has had a cold. Salvia hasn't come yet. Will look for orchids tomorrow. Will send off bull's-horn acacia on Monday or Tuesday.
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
Reports his discovery of the behaviour of protoplasm in teasel cells.
Encloses essay by Haeckel criticising Pangenesis [Die Perigenesis der Plastidule (1876)]. Discusses Haeckel’s theory of inheritance.
Asks about the Physiological Society.
Discusses FD’s observations on the protrusion of protoplasmic masses by cells of the teasel. Suggests analogy with amoeba. "I would work at this subject if I were you, to the point of death."
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
Instructs CD that his son [William] should take a holiday following his concussion.
His paper on the alterations of the poles and changes in level of continents is in shape.
Sends Cambridge news.
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