Will not attend council meeting. JH comments regarding the nomination for foreign membership [of R.S.L.?] of Teodoro Monticello.
Will not attend council meeting. JH comments regarding the nomination for foreign membership [of R.S.L.?] of Teodoro Monticello.
It appears that J. T. Cooper would be willing to work in the performing of glass experiments. If this seems acceptable, then a meeting of the glass committee should be called.
Asks that list of errata be published before a committee meets to investigate 'the subject of Mr. Lee's [?] animadversions.'
Sends [F. G. W.] Struve's observations on William Herschel's double stars because of JH's expressed interest in the work.
Receives copy of JH's Light. Invites him to Birmingham.
Details forgery case on which JH gave legal advice.
Understands his intellectual pursuits. Gives address of his son [Adelaide].
Announcement of Baden Powell's election to the Savillian chair of Geometry.
Regarding various publications for distribution.
Regarding the affairs of the R.S.L. and JH's intentions.
Sending plants collected during 3 month excursion with [George] Bentham in summer of 1825 to eastern and high Pyrenees; Bentham has published catalogue of the flora of Pyrenees. Plants sent include: 'Lithospermum oleifolium'; 'Vicia argentea'; 'Seseli montanum'; asks if 'Cynoglossum sylvaticum' of England is same as that of Hancke; asks the true character between 'Sideritis hyssopifolia' and 'Sideritis scordioides'; 'Veronica fruticulosa'; after observations fears 'Ajuga alpina', 'A. geneventis', and 'A. pyramidalis' form one species; 'Orobanche pruinosa'; at Strasbourg determined that 'Potamogeton cuspidatum' gathered near Forfar is identical with 'P. zosterifolius' Schum; observations on all. Smith may find it useful to have the French synonyms for British species; he would have found it useful to have references given to DeCandolle's works in determining Pyrenee plants.