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Cites cases of difference in coloration between the sexes of some species of Crustacea, annelids, and spiders.
Discusses dimorphic plants and self-sterility.
Outlines some experiments involving the crossing of different species of orchids.
Encloses extract from Carl Claus, Die freilebenden Copepoden [1863].
Thanks for "Climbing plants" offprint and for references on fertilisation of flowers.
Considering the bounty of work already done, he is looking for something original to do.
Subularia does not grow in Westphalia.
On whether to make woodcuts for Variation in Russia or use Murray’s stereotypes. He has similar advance publication agreements with Carl Vogt, E. A. Rossmässler and Theodor Billroth.
The Russian version of Origin is translated from Bronn’s German edition.
Asks if he should give the clichés of Variation to E. Schweizerbart.
Will find out identity of Robert Trail.
Begins to hope baby may survive; description of symptoms.
JVC is willing to translate [Variation], especially because of his conviction that progress of biology depends on proving CD’s theory.
Ernst Haeckel’s book [Generelle Morphologie (1866)] will do mischief because EH is so immoderate. Suggests CD tell EH that he has done him a bad service. CD is the only one to whom EH would listen.
Reports on an experiment in crossing potato varieties.
JDH has left for Paris with Thomas Thomson.
Baby is better.
Arrangements for obtaining Carl Nägeli a set of British Hieracium specimens.
Asks whether he may have right to translate Variation into German.
Trail’s case is interesting, hopes it is true.
Has little faith in I. Anderson-Henry’s exactness.
Pleased with Paris exposition.
Asks CD to decide which translator he would prefer for Variation. JVC frankly thinks Carl Vogt not the best man to introduce CD to the German public, though he has a greater name than JVC.
Vogt now preaches materialism in its most absurd form.
On cost of electrotypes from woodcuts for Variation and price to charge Schweizerbart.
Will send CD a memoir on Les microcéphales [1867]; CV believes microcephalism is an atavistic abnormality.
Recommends H. von Nathusius’ work on domestic pig [Die Racen des Schweines (1860)].
Sends Orchis.
Is coming to London.
Sends £600 bequeathed by Susan Darwin to CD’s younger children.
Asks whether his former pupil, J. J. Moulinié, might translate Variation into French for Reinwald. CV would provide a preface. Encloses letter from Moulinié to Reinwald.
Agrees to use Murray’s stereotypes.
Offers to send rug made from a black Russian bear he shot.
Sends a root of a wild oat-grass from California and the root of a variety of barley that came from it. Several varieties of barley, all differing from English varieties, came up in the same bed of oat-grass. "The transmutation of a genus seems almost incredible" but TR has seen so many changes he has ceased to doubt strongly.