Asks FD to forward some eczema mixture to Southampton for him
and to hunt out notes on earthworm activity at Beaulieu Abbey.
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Asks FD to forward some eczema mixture to Southampton for him
and to hunt out notes on earthworm activity at Beaulieu Abbey.
Cites a misprint in Orchids.
Asks how long Forms of flowers will be, and publication date.
Objects to the passage about the Irish quoted by CD in Descent [1: 174].
Forwards a copy of his book Diseases of women [1877].
The widow of Jules Michelet is seeking donations towards his tomb, and says that he was a great admirer of CD.
JDH has to entertain the Emperor of Brazil [Pedro II], who wants to meet CD.
Had no intention of pressing CD over Madame Michelet’s fundraising for her husband’s tomb.
CD cannot see the Emperor of Brazil because he is in Southampton, but he sends sincere respects for the Emperor’s role in assisting science.
JDH finds the Emperor, once an energetic man, all used up.
JDH recounts circumstances of his receiving Star of India (K.C.S.I.).
Asks if phosphoric acid could have killed Drosera he received in a matchbox.
Concerning the publication of a French edition of Coral Reefs.
States that the sheep of the Cape will produce twins only when herbage is plentiful before rutting-time.
Makes some observations on bustards and baboons.
Asks permission for French translation [of "Biographical sketch of an infant"].
Emperor of Brazil continues to press JDH for a meeting with CD.
JDH’s daughter, Harriet, marries W. T. Thiselton-Dyer.
Requests duplicates of [H. M. S.] Challenger Pycnogonidae.
Having just read Climbing plants, wishes CD to have enclosed pamphlets, one on cucumbers from 20 years ago, and another on movement in vegetables, also very old.
Reports an annual bean plant that formed a tuber and is now growing in the second year.
Criticises Herbert Spencer’s Principles of sociology, particularly for its treatment of the family, for its superficiality, and for its dependence on J. F. McLennan’s views on exogamy. Americans are coming to see Spencer’s ideas as too broad.
Thanks for CD’s £5 contribution towards Jules Michelet’s tomb.