Thanks for observations on worm-castings and for JLGK’s amusing letter.
Wants to know whether species of Eucalyptus are dichogamous. [The P.S. on Eucalyptus may be part of another letter to another correspondent.]
Thanks for observations on worm-castings and for JLGK’s amusing letter.
Wants to know whether species of Eucalyptus are dichogamous. [The P.S. on Eucalyptus may be part of another letter to another correspondent.]
Has been in bed for some days with ugly head symptoms. "We are a poor lot."
Will reread and consider TG’s letter when his health improves.
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Diagnosis of CD’s illness; prescribed diet.
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Orders list of chemical salts. Ashamed to order from Hopkins and Williams because they charge him such an extremely low rate.
Asks FD to bring any book that gives the affinities of the various earths, alkalis and metals.
Orders salts of various metals; thinks chlorides (where soluble) would be better than nitrates.
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Proud of CD’s good opinion of him. He worked in a merchant’s office in Germany for many years. Emigrated to Australia as a gold-digger and took up natural history after he was 30.
Thanks JC-B for volume of Asylum reports and paper on epilepsy. Seems clear from reports that physiology of brain will soon be largely understood.
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Requests chemicals for Drosera experiments. Lists 12 acids tried so far.
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Pleased JSBS has decided to work on Drosera; sends plants. Does not know whether thermo-electric pile could detect temperature change when leaves close.
CD’s experiment with very weak hydrochloric acid repeated with success: the plants digest albumen more quickly.
Thanks TFC for his extremely interesting paper ["On the fertilisation of the New Zealand species of Pterostyles", Trans. & Proc. N. Z. Inst. 5 (1872): 352–7]. Has no doubt his explanation [of the fertilisation mechanism] is correct. The case is analogous to that of the Cypripedium though TFC’s case is much more curious.