Othniel Marsh of Yale would like to visit CD.
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Othniel Marsh of Yale would like to visit CD.
JDH details the subscription fund’s finances.
Has finished lecture for Royal Society on N. American plant distribution.
Will be glad to see OCM at Down. If he comes Friday, he will meet J. F. McLennan, author of Primitive marriage, a "remarkable man".
Suggests FD call on Carl Semper.
Inquires about Porlieria: Do the leaves shut to check evaporation? Does it appear silver under water?
Explains how he thinks the pulvinus acts; wishes FD would investigate the point.
Has no doubt WHD’s experiments on mutation of lower organisms under changed conditions of life will be curious and valuable. The fact of their becoming accustomed to much higher temperatures than those to which they are adapted is very remarkable. It explains the existence of algae in hot springs.