Reports his discovery of the behaviour of protoplasm in teasel cells.
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Reports his discovery of the behaviour of protoplasm in teasel cells.
The Salvia has arrived.
Has found several fly orchids coming in flower, but no Cephalanthera or Musk.
Cannot do any teazel work.
Anthelme Thozet has sent him a lot of Ophideres.
Has sent off Bulls Horn to Kew; has sent hamper to CD; is preparing drawings for his presentation at the Linnean Society; asks after William, and hopes to be able to come to visit.
Has examined sections of teasel in putrid meat infusion and ammonia.
Has got a dodge to see protoplasm in Drosera in dead state. Comes to Hopedene with Amy tomorrow. his paper went off well.
Sorry the corrections were so tedious, and offers to do revises.
Thanks for papers and letter; has been working in the mornings on teasel.
Edwin Ray Lankester wants to reprint FD’s paper ‘Food bodies’ in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.
Lists the tasks he has completed; sends on letter from Romanes; news of Bernard.
Forwards letters.
FD has sent proofs; nutating of Ricinus; Horace Darwin and the wormograph.
He is getting some of the Heracleum seed sowed and the Cycas planted. Does CD want anything done with the potatoes sent by James Torbitt?
Thanks for sending Nature; plans to leave on 22 May; anecdote about Bernard.
Describes his talk with Julius von Sachs about canary-grass.
Sleep of Porlieria hygrometrica seems independent of light.
Will have lots of time for oats. W. F. P. Pfeffer’s point is that there is no growth in sleepers with joints. A. F. Batalin says there is a slight growth.
[Dated Saturday 28th by FD.]
He has been talking to Julius von Sachs about sleeping plants that move with and without growth.
Sleep in Porlieria studied.
Oats begin germinating.
Chlorophyll development in oat seedling.
Lists the sleeping plants he has seen.
Julius Sachs thinks Hugo de Vries has not cleared up everything [about climbing plants]. But Sachs has not worked on the mechanical problem.
Thinks it would be a good idea to give the typing machine to Karl Semper.
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.