Sorry he was out when CD called.
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Sorry he was out when CD called.
A "dog fancier" and newspaper critic of dog shows, HD seeks CD’s opinion on the origin, cause, and use of "dew claws".
Insectivorous plants.
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Thanks WP for election [as honorary member of the Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Gessellschaft zu Jena].
Returns Kosmos.
Thanks CD for permission to use Fritz Müller’s last letter, which contains new observations.
Offers observations on pollination.
Has been reading Samuel Haughton on geological time ["Notes on physical geology, no. III", Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 26 (1877): 534–46]. It is utter rubbish. Asks whether CD thinks GHD should write a critical note on the subject [see Nature 17 (1878): 509–10].
Asks for subscription for A. H. Everett’s cave explorations in Borneo.
Is sure CD is pleased with Albert Gaudry’s new book [Les enchaînements du monde animal dans les temps géologiques (1878)].
Is using CD’s correspondence with Chauncey Wright in his book on CW [Letters of Chauncey Wright (1878)].
Information on Cyclamen and other plants.
Identification of some plants.
"Bloom".
His brother Cecil is reading Coral reefs, and, as his business involves the Keeling Islands and Torres Straits, he offers to make any observations CD might want.
Sends birthday greetings and respects.
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The amphicarpic habit.
CD at first thought GHD should not answer Haughton [see 10689], but Hooker thinks if no correction is made Haughton’s error will be quoted for 20 years. CD is now inclined to agree.
AG’s review of Joseph Cook ["Lectures on biology", New Englander 37: 100–13].
Encourages CD to work at heliotropism.
Thinks Thomas Meehan is as "rattle-brained" as Joseph Cook.
[A damaged fragment cut from this letter is pinned to 11051.]
Sends CD’s and George’s tithes.
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