Thanks for presentation copy of Descent, 2d ed.
Thanks for presentation copy of Descent, 2d ed.
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Comments on his Flora fossilis Arctica [vol. 3 (1875)]. Discusses successive appearance of plant families in geological periods. Relates plant development to rise of herbivorous mammals.
Comments on death of Charles Lyell.
Sends two treatises which explain cell-wall formation and some aspects of cell growth in physico-chemical terms ["Experimente zur Theorie d. Zellenbildung und Endosmose", Arch. Anat. Physiol. (1867): 87–128, 126–65].
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Thanks correspondent for two essays.
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Thanks correspondent for article on CD in Gardeners’ Chronicle.
Thanks OH for his book [see 9876]; agrees that the sudden appearance of many dicotyledons in the Upper Chalk is a perplexing phenomenon for the evolutionist.
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CD’s Descent.
Fighting among beetles.
Similarity between dogs and men; intelligence of dogs.
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No uniform edition of CD’s works has appeared in England.
Thanks for publication [Berste bijdrage tot een nauwkeuriger kennis der sessile cirripedien (1875)]. Cannot read Dutch. Mentions PPCH’s research on cirripedes.
Has found the relation of pollen-grain size to style size in Primula to be the opposite of CD’s view; asks whether there is an error or just remarkable variation.
Purpose of bushy tails; their usefulness to their owners as a means of keeping warm.
Thinks CD is right about the retention of a tail.