Asks JDH to find young imperfect flowers of Hoya. CD has observed seed set although there was no trace of anthers.
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Asks JDH to find young imperfect flowers of Hoya. CD has observed seed set although there was no trace of anthers.
JDH looking for Hoya for CD.
Hookers tried to visit Down on foot, but weather was too inclement.
JDH prepares Anniversary Address to the Royal Society [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (1876): 339–62].
Return of Challenger.
He has examined Hoya flowers with Bentham and Oliver, but they are not satisfied about the five processes alternating with the sepals. [See Forms of flowers, pp. 331–2.] Sends specimens of plants.
Babington’s surprise at JDH’s advocacy of Darwinian views at Norwich [BAAS meeting].
Criticism of the behaviour of the trustees of the British Museum [in the Challenger affair].
Plants received from JDH.
Requests he verify an identification by Fritz Müller.
Complains at Albert Günther’s imputations against Charles Wyville Thomson [as a result of the dispute between Thomson and the British Museum, regarding the disposal of the specimens from the Challenger].
JDH has sent a short-styled Forsythia from Kew. CD surmises that all Forsythia at Kew may be short-styled, hence he is curious to know whether they set seed.
Notes variation in style and stamen length in Forsythia.