Requests testimonial from CD for position of Assistant Keeper, Zoological Dept, British Museum.
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Requests testimonial from CD for position of Assistant Keeper, Zoological Dept, British Museum.
Since he was innocent of sending the Botanische Zeitung to CD, he inquired of the editor, who informs him that it is sent every week by post by order of Williams and Norgate.
Thanks for criticisms of Colour-sense.
Clarifies his views that actions desirable for species result in development of nervous organs capable of pleasurable stimulation.
Believes that all "tastes" occurring in nature are explicable with reference to ancestral habits and that none is purely arbitrary.
Encloses a press clipping [missing] of his observations [on stem structure?].
Describes health-related arguments for vegetarianism. Notes arguments that anthropoid apes are vegetarians. Asks whether man is sufficiently adapted to mixed diet so that meat is not harmful?
Has not been able to complete Bohemian edition of Origin because of trip to Africa.
Is collecting zoological evidence for CD’s theory.
Did not wish to imply that some leaves are insensitive to light, only that he could not measure their sensitivity. Contraction of roots seems common.
Directs CD where to find tools in his room. Has been looking at agave and aloe flowers. Thanks family for their letters.
Thanks CD profusely for the circular which detailed his and Emma Darwin’s plans to increase their children’s income. Thinks a few hundred really makes the difference for feeling really rich, especially as he now knows how important it is for bankers to have available personal savings.
Is applying for the Chair of Botany at Edinburgh and asks CD for a testimonial.
A founding member of the Royal Agricultural Society sends information on the specificity of sheep varieties to soil types.
Sends results of the first year’s experiments with the Russian wheat varieties sent by CD [see 11483].
Sleep movements in Oxalis acetosella.