Rudimentary ovules of Acropera.
High opinion of Bates.
Orchid anatomy.
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Rudimentary ovules of Acropera.
High opinion of Bates.
Orchid anatomy.
Henri Lecoq’s miserable book on plant geography [Étude sur la géographie botanique de l’Europe (1854–8)].
H. W. Bates’s pleasure at meeting JDH.
Lindley suggests Gongora may be female Acropera.
CD’s orchid book nearly ready for press.
Discovers trimorphism in Lythrum is in H. Lecoq [Études sur la géographie botanique de l’Europe (1854–8)].
Seeks information on heating hothouses night and day.
Gongora cannot be female of Acropera; it may itself be a male.
Hopes Daniel Oliver will "sink Atlantis" in his Royal Institution lecture.
Asks CD whether he hears from Asa Gray. JDH’s opinion of the crisis [Trent case, Nov 1861] and the American Civil War.
Julius von Haast alludes to glacial drift in Middle Island of New Zealand.
Backwardness of JDH’s son, Willy.
Encloses a reference from Daniel Oliver which may be useful.
Glad CD has given up on Acropera ovules.
Doubts phanerogams less different in extreme forms [than Crustacea].
No systematic parallelism between plants and animals.
Offers list of Arctic plants with their colours. Asks CD whether it is useful to add colour to [descriptions of] plants.
Asks JDH to arrange for some melastomads to be sent to him.