Information on Cyclamen and other plants.
Identification of some plants.
"Bloom".
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Information on Cyclamen and other plants.
Identification of some plants.
"Bloom".
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Sorry he was out when CD called.
His brother Cecil is reading Coral reefs, and, as his business involves the Keeling Islands and Torres Straits, he offers to make any observations CD might want.
Forwards an unspecified work for FD to read.
On an elephant’s crying when foot was operated on.
Thanks HM for his review [of Forms of flowers, Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 286].
Thinks HM’s previous article was very important [Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 128–40]. CD will "heartily rejoice" if HM has explained the steps by which Rhamnus and Valeriana have been rendered dioecious.
Wishes to borrow third part of Fritz Müller’s article on sexual selection in butterflies [Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 218–24].
Is forwarding material on stridulation, including Prof. Wood-Mason’s paper ["Note on Mygale stridulans", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1877): 281–2], which should interest CD.
The portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Wright of Derby has been dispatched.
Sends cutting on origin of variety of merino sheep.
Would like references to works on breeding.
Cites language books; a comparison of them shows unity of language.
Constituents of spermaceti ointment supplied to CD. Perhaps effect was caused by substance used to bleach the bees-wax.
LD’s chemical analysis of lamp-black.
Has been testing lamp-black for ammonia.