Asks GHD to determine whether there are worm-castings in cloisters of [Neville?] Court.
Enjoyed his visit to Cambridge. Asks for newspaper account of the LL.D.
He said nothing in his tribute to CD that was not strictly accurate. Has written out a version as well as he can recollect it and will send CD a copy.
No summary available.
Sends letter from Fritz Müller [11191] containing observations on plants and insects of South Brazil, with prefatory comments.
No summary available.
Will look for worm-castings in the cloisters,
and will send CD items from the Cambridge papers on the honorary degree.
Has hit on a possible fallacy in W. Thomson’s theory of secular cooling of the earth.
Sends plant specimens of a hybrid he has raised by crossing two species of Rubus. Describes procedure by which he obtained them. Cites his paper on hybridisation.
Two thousand more copies of Origin to be printed. Has CD any corrections to make?
Type for Cross and self-fertilisation, Orchids, and Forms of flowers must now be broken up. If CD does not object, Murray will have stereotypes made of the three works. Asks for any corrections CD may want embodied.
Asks CD if he would like to sign GHD’s Royal Society proposal for membership.
Honoured to be elected an honorary member of the Société Géologique de Belgique.
Asks exact number of copies of recent printing of Origin.
Approves stereotyping Orchids,
but fears he cannot approve of stereotyping Cross and self-fertilisation and Forms of flowers. It is too soon for the latter, and he is too busy to correct the former.
No summary available.
Thinks he had better not sign GHD’s paper [as a candidate for F.R.S.], since he obviously is no judge of the quality of his work.
Asks if Thomson did not overlook heat generated by the crushing and folding of strata during the refrigeration of the globe.
No summary available.
No summary available.
SB’s book [Life and habit (1878)] will be bound shortly. He will send two copies, one of which can be given to CD. To SB’s surprise it has turned out to be an attack on CD’s views and a defence of Lamarck; describes how he was brought to the opinions expressed in it.
Neptunia seeds germinated by applying great heat. CD wants advice of Kew gardener, R. I. Lynch, on how to proceed.
Printed public oration for CD’s Cambridge doctorate enclosed.
No summary available.
Sends CD his share of profits on Descent and Forms of flowers.
Wants to reprint Cross and self-fertilisation because supply of copies is entirely exhausted.
Congratulates CD on his Cambridge honour [LL.D.].
Sends proboscis of a Sphinx-moth that is 22 cms long.
Discusses eleven species of butterfly which visit Lantana, a plant which blooms only for three days and whose flowers are yellow on the first day, orange on the second, and purple on the third. Most species only visit the flowers when they are yellow.
Describes and draws the odiferous organs of a Sphinx-moth.
Describes a secondary sexual character of several species of Callidryas and other Pierinæ: the costal margin of the anterior wing is sharply serrated in the males, while it is smooth in the females.