Asks GB to consider whether it is necessary for the Linnean Society to be so strict about the number of books members may borrow.
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Asks GB to consider whether it is necessary for the Linnean Society to be so strict about the number of books members may borrow.
Replies to CD’s two memoranda, GB explains: 1. That he never said thistles do not produce seeds, but rather that the infinite majority of new plants are propagated from buds
2. That book-borrowing rules of the Linnean Library are not so stringent as the Librarian makes out.
His memory deceived him about GB’s statement [on propagation of thistles].
Invites GB and wife to luncheon.
Is unable to fix a day for luncheon until later.