Structure of Scaevola and its fertilisation with insect aid.
Fertilisation of Aristolochia.
FM’s paper on climbing plants [see 5146].
Is preparing new edition of Origin.
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Structure of Scaevola and its fertilisation with insect aid.
Fertilisation of Aristolochia.
FM’s paper on climbing plants [see 5146].
Is preparing new edition of Origin.
Sad about Oliver’s loss.
JDH’s reference to odd Begonia at same time as an article about it came out in Gardeners’ Chronicle [(1866): 313–14].
Is astonished that Pangenesis seems perplexing to JDH. Pleads guilty to its being "wildly abominably speculative (worthy even of Herbert Spencer)".
Queries for John Smith [Kew curator] on crossing a cucumber variety.
Cannot support another edition of Origin, so unable to send English pages. Suggests some of his other works that might be worth translating into German.
AG’s second article on Climbing plants [Am. J. Sci. 2d ser. 41 (1866): 125–30].
Fritz Müller’s observations on Rubiaceae.
New edition [4th] of Origin.
Asks for additional details of Confessions of a Metaphysician.
F. Hildebrand, in his recent article [Bot. Ztg. 10 (1866): 73–8], describes what GH showed CD about Indigofera’s irritability.
Describes the pollination of broom by bees.
CD has followed Lyell’s advice and avoided controversy over Origin but encourages BDW to attack S. H. Scudder and others who argue foolishly or misquote him.
Is obliged to receive FH’s papers. The cases of Lopezia and Schizanthus are new to him.
In 1860 CD watched Bombus lapidarius sucking the flowers of Pedicularis sylvatica and saw what FH has described.
Has not yet read the paper on Salvia.
Thanks for information about publications.
Hopes Hans Geinitz will take care in correcting Bronn’s translation [of Origin].
Thanks for facts about New Zealand flora.
Had hoped to call, but cannot do so comfortably, so will HBJ call on CD instead, for a consultation?
Makes arrangements to call.
Asks for racemes of Cytisus purpureus-elongatus and C. adami for comparison, because Robert Caspary argues that C. adami is not a common hybrid.
Needs Annales de la Société d’horticulture de Paris 7 (1830).
Asks that Oliver provide a reference for microscopical appearance and structure of a bud.
Was very well on first part of London visit.
Is sorry to have missed seeing WR.
Mentions some crossing experiments with Nymphaea and Euryale in which he would be interested, if WR ever had the chance to make them [see Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 365].
Asks how many plants are proper to New Zealand for new edition [4th] of Origin.
Discusses some observations on, and the fertilisation of, Ophrys.
Asks for the name of a hummingbird.