Sends an enclosure [a statement of CD’s finances and estimate of the inheritance his children may expect] for HD and Ida to read; CD very pleased to be able to leave his children comfortably provided for.
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Sends an enclosure [a statement of CD’s finances and estimate of the inheritance his children may expect] for HD and Ida to read; CD very pleased to be able to leave his children comfortably provided for.
Frank [Darwin] has found a Trifolium remarkable for "bloom", but it was not in flower. If GHD knows where it grows, could he dig up the whole plant?
Asks whether canary grass and oats have chlorophyll in their cotyledons.
Has been working hard at circumnutation of leaves to see whether sleep movements are exaggerated circumnutation.
Will not sign a petition, for he feels vivisection is essential to the progress of physiology.
Requests some seeds.
Believes the leaves of Phyllanthus sleep like those of Cassia.
Mentions wheat varieties sent by Governor General of Turkestan.
G[eorge] has visited A[nthony] R[ich] at Worthing.
Thanks for essay on origin of taste for music. Will send to Edmund Gurney.
Has offered Leopold Würtenberger money to aid in his work.
Comments on EM’s work in Dolomites [Die Dolomit-Riffe von Südtirol (1879)]. Had wondered whether ancient corals formed reefs.
Obliged for EM’s photograph. Sends his own.
Thanks KA and the other editors of Kosmos for the issue published in honour of his birthday. Sees there is much in it that will interest him greatly.
Disagrees with GH over the value of cross-fertilisation.
Can give no information. Has never read works of Aristotle, but has unbounded respect for him as observer.
Has just heard that HM has been treated shamefully by his Government. What has happened?
Has been asked to contribute to W. K. Clifford memorial fund. Asks JT’s advice on how much the committee hopes to raise. Would like to give handsomely but feels bound "with such a lot of children, not to be extravagant".
CD cannot find his pincers and other tools for microscopical dissection. Does FD know where he should look?
Hopes FD will feel better after "so complete a change" [trip to North Africa].
Sends his love to George.
Bernard gets more charming every day.
CD has been put on a committee for a memorial fund for W. K. Clifford.
Thanks JT for his information. Sends £50 to the W. K. Clifford memorial fund.
Is increasing FD’s allowance.
Has begun his chapter on sleep of plants [for Movement in plants].
Discusses ASW’s discovery of error in Russian belief about wheat varieties. Suggests that he publish paper in Journal of Royal Agricultural Society. [Results actually published in Gard. Chron. n.s. 11 (1879): 622–4.]
Asks whether WSD would be interested in translating Ernst Krause’s article on Erasmus Darwin [Kosmos 4 (1879): 397–424] into English.