Writes to say that the point on which he thought GHD’s drawings were mistaken proves to be an error in his own observation.
Enjoyed OCM’s visit.
Sends photographs.
Movement and sensitivity of flower parts; relationship to cross-fertilisation.
No summary available.
Thinks it would be a good idea to give the typing machine to Karl Semper.
A report has arrived for FD which CD will forward.
Has found examples of small female flowers in Stachys germanica and Ranunculus bulbosus.
Discusses "highly expressive" speech of young children.
Sends specimens.
Sensitive plants.
Asks TW not to send more information as CD does not expect a new edition of Forms of flowers.
TW’s Stachys case is what he calls gynodioeciousness.
More sleepers from green-house.
Julius Sachs’s view of climbing plants: he distinguishes between nutation to find a support and growth after support is found.
Explains difficulties in supplying wings of geese. Describes injury of old gander that sired the abnormal geese.
Discusses sleep movements of Porlieria.
Has read an abstract of Julius Wiesner on heliotropism and geotropism ["Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen im Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but is puzzling.
Gives details of his observations on climbing plants with reference to comments by Julius Sachs.
EFL’s account of what CD has done in natural history is full and accurate and could not have been done better. He has added the titles of his later books and the name of his maternal grandfather [Josiah Wedgwood] of whom he is proud.
Offers to give CGS a writing machine.
Letter informing Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer of the death of JDH's niece Willielma Campbell née Hooker. Her mother Isabella [Whitehead Hooker] has not been clear about the cause of Willielma's death. She will be buried at the Glasgow necropolis near the High Church. JDH & family will travel to Glasgow & stay at the Royal Hotel, Georges' Square.
Federico Delpino on mechanical movements of flower parts of Maranta. CD’s observations on Maranta, and his eagerness to compare cases of movement and irritability in plants.
Has offered Carl Semper the writing machine.
Speculates on the mechanism of movement in plants and their reception of and response to stimuli.
Informs CD that certain cash from U. S. investments does not have income tax deducted.
No summary available.