Reports on expression in his Pomeranian dog.
Reports on expression in his Pomeranian dog.
Tells of his pleasure and surprise at reading JWJ’s article ["Darwin’s ""Geological observations"" ", Nature 15 (1877): 289–90].
No summary available.
Requests return of August Weismann’s letter which refers to eggs.
Curious about the drawing [of the caterpillar? See 10780].
A letter from CD’s admirers in the Netherlands, sent with an album of their photographs, in celebration of his sixty-eighth birthday.
Presents an account of early efforts in the Netherlands in the direction of developmental theories, and evidence of the support and enthusiastic reception given CD’s theory.
Sent ARW's letter of 12 Dec 1876 to the newspaper where it was published - Cpt Hutton.
Sends specimen of Gilia aggregata and will try to get Phlox subulata.
Sends holly specimens. Differences in flowering times of various hollies.
No summary available.
Would like to see the photographs.
Was glad to read HNM’s paper on the New Zealand Peripatus.
JDH is busy working on a new edition of his STUDENT'S FLORA OF THE BRITISH ISLES he compares the delineation of species in the flora to that in Asa Gray's MANUAL OF THE BOTANY OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATES. JDH consults Gray on whether Gymnosperms should be a subclass of Dicotyledons or a group equal to all other Phaenogams? Joseph Decaisne, Gray & JDH favour the former position, Daniel Oliver & William Thiselton-Dyer the latter. Gnetum, esp. Formation of the embryo, will be key in determining the correct arrangement. JDH has sent the corrected SCIENCE PRIMER: BOTANY to the press, he would find such works easier to write if he also lectured. Life with his new wife Hyacinth Hooker is good & his future looks bright though sad times behind him make him doubt its security. JDH's sister Mrs Elizabeth Evans-Lombe, née Hooker is suffering less from neuralgia & melancholy. George Bentham is well. Oliver is working on the African flora, & Moore[?] is working on grasses. Asks if Charles Sprague Sargent can send American Southern Bamboo.
Sends birthday wishes. Album of photographs from German admirers has been sent.
Plans trip to Mediterranean.
Comments on TMR’s essay ["Geological time"].
It is monstrous that P. G. Tait should say that earth is less than ten million years old.
Sends specimens of two forms of Rhamnus lanceolata.
Sends birthday greetings. Asks for autographed photograph.
Sends enclosure regarding inherited handwriting from Life, letters, and journals of George Ticknor [ed. G. S. Hillard (1876)].
The extract from Ticknor [see 10722] is one of the most curious cases of inheritance CD has met with. He has sent it to Francis Galton as CD is not likely to write on inheritance again.
Intends to name his son after CD.
Expresses his gratitude for the gift [a birthday album from a number of Dutch scientists]; he cannot imagine a more honourable testimonial.
CD made a corresponding member of the Berliner Gesellschaft für Anthropologie, Ethnologie und Urgeschichte.