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Trip to London delayed.
Will call tomorrow morning.
Congratulates GJR on lecture ["The physiology of the nervous system of Medusa", Not. Proc. R. Inst. G. B. 8 (1875–8): 166–77].
Thanks AWvH for his work on Justus Liebig [The life-work of Liebig (1876)].
Promises to send sheets of his new book [Cross and self-fertilisation].
Encloses essay by Haeckel criticising Pangenesis [Die Perigenesis der Plastidule (1876)]. Discusses Haeckel’s theory of inheritance.
Asks about the Physiological Society.
Describes discovery by his son [Francis Darwin] of protoplasmic filaments extending from small glands in the leaves of Dipsacus [see Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1877): 4–8].
Regrets he cannot hear lecture by F. C. Donders.
Hopes to see WB before he returns home.
Joseph Fayrer can supply cobra poison.
Discusses vivisection.
Mentions visit to the John Hawkshaws.
Asks for copy of [unspecified] essay, but will not answer it.
CD has read the two reports on culture of poppies with interest and has planted seeds.
Suggests an experiment for evidence on whether plants, thought merely varieties, are like species and fail to intercross, despite insect pollination.
Thanks GWN for condolences on death of Amy, his daughter-in-law.
Encloses coral specimen and manuscript account of it by William Lonsdale.
Asks WCM to design additional rooms for Down House.
Mr Laslett, a builder, will meet WCM on Tuesday.
CD is much interested in a change in Drosera reported by GC, but "rather doubts" exclusion of insects can have caused it; would like to see the plant and suggests sending it to Down.
Mr Laslett’s estimate is too high. Mr Deards is quicker and better. Discusses building details for house improvement.
Agrees to propose GJR for membership in Royal Society.
Remarks on GJR’s paper on Medusae [Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 167 (1877): 659–752].
Discusses certificate proposing GJR as Fellow of Royal Society.
Declines offer involving embryological studies.