Caird agrees that there will be no difficulty in getting finances.
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Caird agrees that there will be no difficulty in getting finances.
Intends to translate Origin and Descent into Bohemian to be published at Prague; asks CD’s permission to do so.
Has returned letter to Caird and dispatched corrected letter to Hooker [11406] [concerning potato experiments].
T. H. Farrer and James Caird think it would be less trouble to get subscription from rich agriculturists than from Government. CD thinks it utopian to hope to raise variety of potatoes from seed; must be propagated from tubers.
Reports on the standing of James Torbitt: "the opinion of the Public is that he is rich and highly respectable".
Has written to Farrer in support of Torbitt’s grant.
Resistance of Liberian coffee to "fly" and susceptibility to fungus.
Will publish Origin first
and then Descent.
AS is looking for a job in a zoological museum or accompanying an expedition.
Sends MS of his paper, "On the coloration of flowers and fruits", filling a gap in CD’s theory relating to these structures, and asks for CD’s comments.
Plans a book on colour sense.
Hooker approves of Torbitt’s plan [concerning potato experiments]. Torbitt, wine and spirit merchant in Belfast, highly respectable.
Thanks CD for specimens of, and curious facts on, the "harvesting ant".
On germination of wheat.
Can supply Drosera if CD wants some.
Talk of a subscription to help JT’s experiments. Progress of experiment; loss of fungus-resistance in varieties as they age.
CD gives his opinion on how the physiological laboratory at Kew should be equipped. It would be a pity if the laboratory were not supplied with as many good instruments as their funds could provide.
Potato crossing experiments. Encloses printed copies of letters from people who have grown his potato seed.
Thanks for second lot of Aegilops seed.
Thanks CD for his kind reply. JG does not feel he can rely on instinct or "intuition" in relation to existence of God. Is there no analogy between natural organisations and mechanical constructions to justify an intelligent first cause?
Thanks CD for his gift of the Origin.
Life history of potato varieties. Changes in fruit, flower, and seed production with increasing age of a variety.
Has been consulting with Mrs Lyell about the possibility of publishing Lyell’s letters. Asks CD’s opinion on the matter.
Thanks for comments on paper and references to related works. Clarifies points on colour distinction between energy-absorbing (green) and energy-expending (bright-hued) portions of plants and on the influence of flower colour in modifying the insect organism.