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Henry Forbes in a letter to Moseley describes herons on the Keeling Islands.

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Thanks HWC and the Birmingham Philosophical Society for their address in his honour.

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Thanks JLC for his letter, pedigree, and MS of the history of the Darwin family.

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Going to London today to speak to T. H. Farrer about funds for potato breeding experiments. "I have told Farrer I would subscribe £50."

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Is in town and will call on Sunday morning.

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The Colonel [J. L. Chester] is pleased [see 12509].

Jos[iah Wedgwood III] is dying.

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Thanks for LW’s work [Studien über die Stammesgeschichte der Ammoniten (1880)].

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Encloses check [cheque!?] for £50. James Caird will guarantee £75 and T. H. Farrer £25. Above gentlemen think JT should get report on his experiments from independent agriculturists.

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P.S. to letter posted that morning. James Caird cannot pledge £75. Erasmus Darwin and Hensleigh Wedgwood will subscribe. May write letter to the Times. Asks for report on experiments.

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Thanks for copy of TLB’s Pharmacology [1880].

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Sends funds for potato experiments. Asks for information on progress.

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Queries how much land has been used to cultivate potato varieties, and how many seedlings have been raised in any one year.

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Asks about possible erratum in JT’s account of experiments.

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Thanks for sending article on inheritance.

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Asks for additional information about JT’s potato experiments.

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Thanks for letter and documents [about potato experiments]. Will send testimonial letter to James Caird to be circulated among possible financial supporters of JT’s work.

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Asks AG to confirm whether Ipomoea leptophylla "makes a great tuber as big as a mangel-wurzel".

Petioles of Cotyledons behave partly like those of Megarrhiza.

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Regrets delay of photographs [for German edition of Erasmus Darwin].

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Thanks for Megarrhiza seeds and information. Has been greatly interested by Megarrhiza germination.

Samuel Butler has attacked CD over Erasmus Darwin.

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Encloses a statement regarding the progress of Torbitt’s potato experiments, and discusses the handling of the fund CD holds for Torbitt.