His observations of "selection" in growth of seedling trees.
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His observations of "selection" in growth of seedling trees.
Thinks he may be appointed Commodore commanding the Squadron on the west coast of S. America. Wishes to leave England for his health’s sake.
Hopes they might meet as WDF has to come to town.
Forwards a book [Horace Dobell, Lectures on the germs and vestiges of disease (1861)] and a genealogical table at the author’s request.
Has read Origin with satisfaction. He had long ago come to consider the fixity of species as contrary to the facts, but could see no suitable alternative. The Origin has brought the light to guide him.
Sends CD a copy of his latest work ["Mémoire sur la production artificielle des monstruosités", Ann. Sci. Nat. (Zool.) 4th ser. 18 (1862): 243–76]. Hopes to explain a great number of anomalies by his experimental work on artificially produced monstrosities.
Sends some tickets so that CD’s son might see [an unspecified] model.
Has been unable to find a book [unspecified] wanted by CD.
Plans to meet CD in town.
Sends his paper ["Über Dichogamie nach C. C. Sprengel und Ch. Darwin", Bot. Ztg. (1863): 1–7, 9–16].
Sends copy of his second paper on mutability of race forms ["On the mutability of species", Proceedings of the Northern Entomological Society, 22 December 1862, pp.4–26].
On tactics of his opponents.
He and Bates have divided up Carabidae and Vanessa for studying relationship of forms.
Points out some errata in the Origin.
Discusses the factors producing the shape of the cells of the honeycomb.
Reports case of two varieties of musk-rat that behave very differently but are, according to Waterhouse, the same.
British attitude towards America: not hate as Asa Gray thinks, but contempt.
Replies to CD’s letter: dimorphism common in Ceylon Rubiaceae. [See Forms of flowers, p. 286.]
Hoped to meet CD at the Linnean Society to discuss pigeon and poultry breeding experiments.
Sends Acropera capsule for CD to dissect.
Will try to raise Acropera from seed (never done before in Britain) to examine its sexual forms.
Studying primroses, parthenogenesis, and reproduction of some cryptogams.
Received maize varieties from CD.
Discusses the structure and particular uniformities of the Shropshire coal-seams and surrounding strata; speculates on their origins.
Has not answered CD’s former letters. Has been ill. Will look up fish business as soon as he is square again.
Dining arrangements.
Owen’s cutting critique of Lyell’s book [Antiquity of man] in Athenæum [21 Feb 1863, pp. 262–3]. JDH despises Owen’s mind too much to hate his individuality.
Will observe fertilisation of melastomads as CD requests.
Observations on fertilisation by ants.
Detailed observations on sexes in Catasetum, which were made before he received Orchids and which differ from CD’s findings.