Congratulates WTT-D on [election of E. Ray Lankester to] Linnean Society.
Mentions visit to Royal Society.
Pleased to see George Bentham looking well.
Congratulates WTT-D on [election of E. Ray Lankester to] Linnean Society.
Mentions visit to Royal Society.
Pleased to see George Bentham looking well.
JT will not quit the subject [of spontaneous generation] until light is let in on every cranny of the question.
The teapot is exquisite. Louisa says to say "the gift is worthy of the giver. Nothing higher can be said."
Discusses use by correspondent of clichés from one of his books.
Thanks for his election as an Honorary Member
Has sent FM’s letter on to Nature ["Brazil kitchen middens, habits of ants, etc.", Nature 13 (1876): 304–5].
Would be grateful for Ceropegia seeds.
Has signed enclosure [Royal Society nomination for McLachlan] with pleasure.
Writes regarding affairs of the Down Friendly Society.
Comments on her new book [A short history of natural science (1876)].
Thanks CD for letter complimenting her book. Responds to his comments on botany and geology in book.
Inquires whether insectivorous habit in plants supplements or replaces the normal method of plant nutrition.
Asks for identification of a Cineraria which is self-sterile.
Fritz Müller’s letter on Cecropia [see 10384].
Declines invitation to accompany JJW to Crystal Palace.
Thanks correspondent for present of book [unspecified].
Responds to CD’s request for the names of species from which Cineraria varieties supplied to him have sprung. [Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 335 n.]
Sends packets of seeds of peas of different sizes [i.e., weights] for CD’s experiments; identifies size of the seeds that produced them. FG is experimenting "in the same direction" and is curious how his results will compare with CD’s.
Observations on hive- and humble-bees. Perforating habits differ in different individuals of the same species.
Sends set of illustrations for Expression marked to show those that could be improved for a future edition.
Describes self- and cross-fertilisation experiments.
Asks JHG’s advice on setting up an experiment designed to test whether the cause of variation in cultivated plants lies in different substances absorbed from the soil when absorption is not interfered with by other plants in a state of nature. Can JHG suggest how he can get soil free of all the substances which plants naturally absorb?
Has received seeds of Cecropia peltata from Kew.
Has asked Hermann Müller to send copy of FM’s paper as soon as published.