Forwards an unspecified work for FD to read.
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Forwards an unspecified work for FD to read.
On an elephant’s crying when foot was operated on.
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Thanks HM for his review [of Forms of flowers, Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 286].
Thinks HM’s previous article was very important [Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 128–40]. CD will "heartily rejoice" if HM has explained the steps by which Rhamnus and Valeriana have been rendered dioecious.
Wishes to borrow third part of Fritz Müller’s article on sexual selection in butterflies [Kosmos 2 (1877–8): 218–24].
Is forwarding material on stridulation, including Prof. Wood-Mason’s paper ["Note on Mygale stridulans", Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (1877): 281–2], which should interest CD.
The portrait of Erasmus Darwin by Wright of Derby has been dispatched.
Sends cutting on origin of variety of merino sheep.
Would like references to works on breeding.
Cites language books; a comparison of them shows unity of language.
Constituents of spermaceti ointment supplied to CD. Perhaps effect was caused by substance used to bleach the bees-wax.
LD’s chemical analysis of lamp-black.
Has been testing lamp-black for ammonia.
Encloses some notes on maize that may be useful.
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CD elected an honorary professor of the Institucion Libre de Enseñanza.
In London and wishes to meet JDH.
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.