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.
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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.
Letter of reference giving his opinion of the character of a man who has been his footman for a year.
Asks FD to write on his behalf and say that he is unwilling to join a deputation [on vivisection] and that he believes in the need to protect physiology as well as lower animals.
Asks for details of dimorphism in Sethia from Thwaites, Enumeratio plantarum Zeylaniae [1864]. [See Forms of flowers, p. 122.]
JT may publish enclosed [letter by CD?], but it is not worth publication.
Is working at dimorphic plants;
is astonished at WED’s labour.
Writes regarding affairs of the Down Friendly Society.
Writes as a trustee of the Down Friendly Society regarding difficulties over the recording of the names of the trustees.