He will soon take over editorship of Gardeners’ Chronicle and hopes for CD’s continued support.
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He will soon take over editorship of Gardeners’ Chronicle and hopes for CD’s continued support.
Sends a "Lanc & York" [railway share?].
Reading Carl Vogt [Lectures on man (1864)].
Vogt, though anti-Lamarck, is converted to Darwinism.
Thanks CD for paper ["Climbing plants"].
Reports case of variation becoming at once hereditary – a crested blackbird with crested young.
Discusses the climbing movements of plants and describes experiment to establish a mechanical explanation for double spiralling movements of tendrils.
On his reading: George Eliot,
T. F. Jamieson on Scottish glaciation.
Glad Lyell–Lubbock affair is over.
His grief over loss of father and child.
Expects to publish an account of his journeys soon.
Asks CD’s support for his Royal Society candidacy.
Goldfields he discovered are now being worked.
No summary available.
They have left Kew to improve J. D. Hooker’s health.
J. D. Hooker’s health is improving;
he has been offered the Directorship at Kew.
J. D. Hooker is recovering from his ill health.