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From:
Ferdinand von Mueller
To:
August Petermann
Date:
26 July 1862
Source of text:
Briefsammlung, Archiv, Justus Perthes Verlag, Gotha
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Contributor:
Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller Project
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Thanks JH for mentioning HH's paper. Attributes electrical phenomena to 'a material element,' perhaps a modified form of ether, distinct from other matter.
Illness of his son [Leonard]. Has done no work for weeks.
JDH’s hybrid orchids are interesting; CD is surprised many hybrids are not produced.
George [Darwin] caught a moth sucking Gymnadenia conopsea with a pollen-mass of Habenaria bifolia sticking to it.