Longing for a letter from WK. Describes various excurions through Fife.
Longing for a letter from WK. Describes various excurions through Fife.
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Regarding custody of the Standards.
Much interested in CD’s communication [about W. Kemp] and seeds sent; does not know the species; has sent seeds to Henslow.
Describes a monstrous plant found near Ely.
Tells how W. Kemp found the seeds of Atriplex, which Lindley sent to JSH for identification.
Asks about monstrous plant mentioned by Lindley [see 690].
Is inquiring, on behalf of the Admiralty, about ordering an equatorially mounted achromatic telescope for the Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope.
Comments on his visit to N. Wales and the evidence of glaciation, of which he feels certain.
His marine theory [of the parallel roads of Glen Roy] has revived after Louis Agassiz’s "ice work" knocked it on the head.
Will find one friend at the R.S.L. Club dinner next Thursday.
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Sends deeds already signed by J. J. Guest. JH should sign and return them. [Annotation by unknown hand: Mrs. Hollier's marriage and settlement.]
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Sends letter from [P. H. L. ] Boguslawski for JH's magnetic report. [John] Lefroy has found line of greatest intensity further south in Canada than ES expected.
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[J. C.] Ross has returned safely. Ross has a box for JH.
Seeds sent by Kemp have germinated and been identified by Lindley as Rumex acetosella and an Atriplex which has been sent on to J. S. Henslow.
Seeds sent by Kemp have germinated and been identified by Lindley as Rumex acetosella and an Atriplex which has been sent on to J. S. Henslow.
Offers condolences to Ann Smyth. WS's calculation of Gamma Virginis orbit surprises JH. Concerned about accurate methods of calculation. Remarks on excavation of Chelsea mammoth.