To Linnean Society   1 June 1868

CD’s request relates either to ‘Illegitimate offspring of dimorphic and trimorphic plants’ or to ‘Specific difference in Primula’, or to both: both papers were published in the June 1868 issue of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany). Authors of papers in the Transactions were allowed twenty-five free copies of their papers, and could have more copies printed for a fee on giving previous notice (Linnean Society of London, Council minutes, 2 May 1867). At a meeting on 2 July 1868, it was agreed to extend the same privilege to the authors of papers in the Journal (Linnean Society of London, Council minutes). There is no record of CD’s specific request being brought before the council. CD’s previous papers, ‘Dimorphic condition in Primula’, ‘Three sexual forms of Catasetum tridentatum’, ‘Two forms in species of Linum’, ‘Three forms of Lythrum salicaria’, and ‘Climbing plants’, were all published in the Journal.