Enters Francis Darwin at Trinity College, Cambridge. Encloses certificate from Alfred Wrigley and £20 entrance and caution money. Wants Francis to have rooms in College.
Not surprised at delay of his book [Generelle Morphologie (1866)].
P. M. Duncan taking side of evolution.
Has received paper on Geryonidae ["Über eine neue Form des Generationswechsels bei den Medusen", Monatsber. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin (1865): 85–94]. Had often speculated on whether such a case ever occurred in nature.
Acknowledges HWA’s oration.
Discusses design in nature, Asa Gray’s views, and his own confusion.
Has forwarded FM’s MS to Max Schultze, but did not read it.
Movement of stem apex in Linum.
Haeckel’s paper on reproduction in certain Medusae.
Discusses a variety of subjects: Cynips, galls, potato bugs,
male Daphnia laying eggs.
His Primula experiment results differ from John Scott’s.
Is working one hour a day now, on illegitimate seedlings of Lythrum and Primula.
Begins to doubt John Scott’s accuracy about primrose and cowslip.
Does JDH believe in Karsten’s denial of parthenogenesis of Coelebogyne?
Has been ill since April, so has not read all of JvH’s papers.
Encloses his photograph.
Has written to support JvH for Royal Society.
Samuel Butler [returned from New Zealand] is now established in London as an artist.
Will explain about the so-called hybrids of Lythrum when they meet.
JDH should not be proposed for Copley Medal this year because Royal Society Council has so few naturalists on it.
