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From:
John Stevens Henslow
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 November 1855
Source of text:
IET MS SC 2
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Contributor:
Faraday Project
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Thanks for seeds. Feels "almost foiled" in his experiments on sea transport – has found few plants that float after more than a week’s immersion.
Sends a list of queries [see 1779] on hollyhocks to put to growers.
Draft of queries on the varieties of hollyhocks. [To be transmitted to William Chater by JSH; probably enclosed with 1778.]
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Mainly discusses the character and achievements of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward in positive terms, including the invention and properties of the Wardian case.
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