Acclimatisation of potatoes by selection.
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Acclimatisation of potatoes by selection.
Sends cheque for £5 as subscription to Westminster Review.
Asks whether AMN has any specimens of British calcareous sponges that CD could forward to Haeckel, who is studying them.
Progressing with translation of new footnotes for Orchids. Asks for help with a few words.
Mating practice of Carcinus maenas [see Descent 1: 331].
Difference in size in sexes of Crustacea.
Reports on prehistoric finds from caves at Rhagatt.
Knows Dawkins interested in cave animals; has just heard from a Lloyd of Rhaggatt that a fissure has opened full of bones and teeth. Will send some.
Forwards letter from W. B. Dawkins. The bones, though not themselves interesting, may indicate the work of prehistoric man.