Gives permission to use letter [10676].
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Gives permission to use letter [10676].
Advises GHD on what to write if he is asked for a reference for Alfred Wrigley.
Thanks GHD for information about trypsin.
Thanks FD for criticisms [of Movement in plants]. J. D. Hooker was interested in the observations of movement in Desmodium.
Sends a statement of the assets of the Down Friendly Society. Asks for advice on consulting an actuary.
Discusses corrections [to Movement in plants]. Has dispatched chapter nine.
Asks RPH [an actuary] to act on behalf of the Down Friendly Society whose members wish the rates of benefits to be raised.
Forwards some tables on behalf of the Down Friendly Society and discusses the changes in benefits requested by the members.
Discusses matters relating to the Down Friendly Society.
Dispatches a chapter [of Movement in plants] for FD to look over.
Invites him to lunch.
WCW’s specimens are interesting, but CD thinks the slowness of the change might have been expected.
Asks GHD to decipher a letter [in German] he has received with a book: The Bible in science.
Enjoyed his stay in Cambridge extremely.
Explains how to reach Down.
Thanks RPH for the trouble he has taken on behalf of the Down Friendly Society.
Writes about worm-castings; tells WED not to bother with samples from Beaulieu Abbey.
Improvement in orthography would be national benefit, but cannot contribute to WV’s paper.
Comments on WB’s paper ["Über Variabilitäts-Erscheinungen an den Blüthen von Primula elatior und eine Anwendung des biogenetischen Grundgesetzes", Bot. Ztg. 38 (1880): 577–80].
Writes a sentence with which to preface B. G. Wilder’s letter [see 12726]. [Not used by and, perhaps, not sent to Nature.]
Grieved to hear of John Scott’s death.
Could GK visit Down?
Rejoices at good news. Will let T. H. Farrer hear the result. Cannot see why some of new varieties should not endure fungus-proof for years.