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CD and son [Francis] working on spontaneous movements of plants and heliotropism.
Has given [Raphael Meldola] permission to read extracts of FM’s last letter [not found], on odours emitted by moths, before Entomological Society [Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1878): ii–iii].
Encloses some notes on maize that may be useful.
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Thanks AE for his book [Estudios sobre la flora y fauna de Venezuela (1877)].
Asks whether glaucous plants in Venezuela are more common in drier areas.
CD elected an honorary professor of the Institucion Libre de Enseñanza.
In London and wishes to meet JDH.
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Invites CD to Kew.
He has obtained further evidence that rats gnaw through lead pipes for water. CD’s opinion that they hear trickling confirms his view that they possess reason.
Sorry he was out when CD called.
A "dog fancier" and newspaper critic of dog shows, HD seeks CD’s opinion on the origin, cause, and use of "dew claws".
Insectivorous plants.
Thanks for kind note, would like to meet him.
CD will call on Tuesday morning.
Thanks for AG’s review of Forms of flowers [Am. J. Sci. 3d ser. 15 (1878): 67–73].
Thomas Carlyle’s letter about CD was a forgery.
Gives Hermann Müller’s observations on Valeriana dioica.
Is unsure about function of "bloom"; are glaucous plants more or less common in arid parts of U. S.?
Observations on heliotropism.
Thomas Meehan reports that Linum perenne is self-fertile; CD thinks that he has mistaken the species.
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