Asks to borrow J. J. Audubon [Ornithological biography (1831–9)].
Asks to borrow J. J. Audubon [Ornithological biography (1831–9)].
Thanks CD for letter [3935].
Encloses report [missing] of his latest expedition [to west coast], which had a grand result.
Has searched in vain for the Ophrys apifera CD asked for.
Thanks CD for paper on Linum [Collected papers 2: 93–105].
Calls CD’s attention to his observations on Rubiaceae.
The [genealogical] table seems excellent. Would be obliged for any further information about the children of the cousins – the case surprises CD.
Going abroad; will miss the English orchid season.
Thanks for maps.
George [Darwin] failed at St John’s [College, Cambridge] and will stay another year at school.
Lyell is "half-hearted but whole-headed" for CD’s theory. George Bentham wholly converted.
Bates’s book delightful but has a Darwinistic bias.
Cameroon plants.
JDH defends Bates against J. E. Gray’s slanders.