Last letter was written to be passed on for Lushington’s edification. "(Standing on the points of my toes and my tail very stiff)." Is tiring of controversy as a waste of time. Begins to understand CD’s sufferings over Origin.
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Last letter was written to be passed on for Lushington’s edification. "(Standing on the points of my toes and my tail very stiff)." Is tiring of controversy as a waste of time. Begins to understand CD’s sufferings over Origin.
Envies JDH’s Russian trip.
Thanks for information on Aucuba. Urges him to experiment – case "has highest physiological importance, not to mention Pangenesis".
Has heard that Huxley has been attacking views of Sir W. Thomson.
Has received 12 plants of Drosophyllum lusitanicum from Oporto.
LR undertakes translation of Orchids [1870]. Awaits CD’s new footnotes and intends to look at every flower CD mentions.