The portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Wright of Derby has been dispatched.
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The portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Wright of Derby has been dispatched.
Comments on discovery of micro-organisms in disease.
Describes experiments carried out by Francis Darwin on filaments of Dipsacus.
Sends cutting on origin of variety of merino sheep.
Would like references to works on breeding.
Discusses dates when he might meet the prince (Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria) in London, or perhaps the Prince might visit Down.
Cites language books; a comparison of them shows unity of language.
Asks about the composition of a spermaceti ointment which he has been buying for some years "because I blackened some young shoots of plants with this ointment mixed with Lamp-black & it produced an extraordinary effect on the shoots, which I think cannot be accounted for merely by the exclusion of light".
Constituents of spermaceti ointment supplied to CD. Perhaps effect was caused by substance used to bleach the bees-wax.
LD’s chemical analysis of lamp-black.
Has been testing lamp-black for ammonia.
Thinks there can be no objection to RM’s using a Fritz Müller letter [see 11319].
CD and son [Francis] working on spontaneous movements of plants and heliotropism.
Has given [Raphael Meldola] permission to read extracts of FM’s last letter [not found], on odours emitted by moths, before Entomological Society [Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1878): ii–iii].
Encloses some notes on maize that may be useful.
Thanks AE for his book [Estudios sobre la flora y fauna de Venezuela (1877)].
Asks whether glaucous plants in Venezuela are more common in drier areas.
CD elected an honorary professor of the Institucion Libre de Enseñanza.
In London and wishes to meet JDH.
Invites CD to Kew.
He has obtained further evidence that rats gnaw through lead pipes for water. CD’s opinion that they hear trickling confirms his view that they possess reason.
Insectivorous plants.
A "dog fancier" and newspaper critic of dog shows, HD seeks CD’s opinion on the origin, cause, and use of "dew claws".
CD will call on Tuesday morning.