CD’s comments on proofs of JL’s book [Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura (1873)].
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CD’s comments on proofs of JL’s book [Monograph of the Collembola and Thysanura (1873)].
Praises and comments on JL’s essay on insects ["Origin of insects", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. 11 (1873): 422–5].
Asks JL to obtain copies of CD’s botanical works for his wife.
Discusses problems of obtaining money for the alteration of Down church.
CD wishes to acquire a piece of JL’s land.
Thanks for JL’s willingness to sell land.
Circular requesting recipients to sign an enclosed [missing] statement [relating to appeal for Naples Zoological Station] if they approve of it.
Encloses a statement and circular he has been asked to send to JL.
Sends MS intended some day for the Viola tricolor section of Cross and self-fertilisation [pp. 123–8] to be used by JL in his British wild flowers (1875).
JL’s two articles in Nature ["Common wild flowers", 10 (1874): 402–6, 422–6].
Cautions against C. K. Sprengel’s notion of bees’ being deceived by nectarless nectary.
Colour of calyces.
Asks JL to send ten shillings for the Down Friendly Club.
Has just read JL’s paper on bees and wasps [J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Zool.) 12 (1876): 110–39]. Is astonished by their stupidity. The experiments on colour are especially good. Suggests JL examine their retinas; sends enclosure [missing] on eyes of reptiles and birds.
Writes regarding local difficulties concerning Down School and the setting up of a reading-room; his strained relationship with G. S. ffinden following some misunderstanding.
Arrangements to meet a Duke [unidentified] at High Elms [Lubbock residence].
Discusses the time of the Duke’s arrival on Tuesday. [See 9968.]
Glad to have heard JL’s admirable speech read aloud.
Condolences on the death of JL’s wife.
Suggests that the pappus of Compositae, when lying on ground, may absorb water which may function in seed germination.
Comments on MS of JL’s [1881] BAAS Presidential Address. Suggests that more attention be given to parthenogenesis.
Discusses insect attraction to artificial flowers. CD’s experiments of 40 years ago failed, but Nägeli reported success by scenting them.
JL’s address [Presidential Address, 31 Aug 1881, Rep. BAAS (1881): 1–51] has made him think about important steps in advancing geology. Lists major advances in his lifetime.