Reports on his family’s illnesses and other domestic matters.
Reports on his family’s illnesses and other domestic matters.
Invitation to Down for the 18th. W. B. Richmond, who is painting CD’s portrait, will also be there.
CD’s father thought he had not been treated fairly about his share of his mother’s [Mary Howard Darwin’s] fortune. Will not allude to this [in Erasmus Darwin]. Surprising that grandfather did not make more money. Has found memorandum of his having lost £1500 in ironworks.
The progress of the Fuegians is wonderful.
Sympathises with the "lamentable state" BJS and his family have been in.
Sleep in Crotalaria.
Report of John Ball’s lecture to Geographical Society: Alpine flora is direct descendant of Palaeozoic flora ["On the origin of the flora of the European Alps", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography 1: 564–88].
Is applying for the Chair in Zoology at Owens College and asks CD for a testimonial.
Does not feel he knows enough of FBW to offer his opinion as a testimonial.
Expresses great admiration for CD and requests a picture of him with his signature.
No summary available.
Has completed his MS and sent it to Dallas.
Has ignored Butler’s criticism of natural selection and corrected only his views of Buffon and Goethe.
It would be best to drop EK’s text from book and quote only certain portions of it.
Will send carriage to station on 18th.
Sends specimens showing gynodioecism in Plantago lanceolata.
CD’s little biography [Erasmus Darwin] has turned out very dull.
May FG’s tour turn out pleasant.
Thanks for copy of Descent.
Has just received concluding portion of Krause’s MS.
Has given his reasons for believing that twisting of stem is related to circumnutation in Climbing plants.
Tells results of experiments on movement of cotyledons and radicles.
Is getting aerial heliotropic roots from Kew.
CD will attend to ELK’s suggestions, but there is plenty of time, because Dallas translates slowly and Murray will not publish the book before November.
No summary available.
Reports on roots and climbing plants experiments he is performing in Sachs’ laboratory. Orchids with air roots have come. Goebel says proshelic better than helic.
Asks for directions on how to behave at ceremony conferring the Baly Medal.