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Reports the possible extinction of the Macartney Rose.

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Thanks for Insectivorous plants.

Has just finished his Geschichte der Botanik [1875].

Compares action of Drosera glands to action of sprouting embryo and to action of roots in absorbing minerals.

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Yellow flowers occurring on a purple Cytisus grafted onto a yellow stock.

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Thanks CD for a copy of Insectivorous plants.

Describes experiment on Drosera carried out with his pupils.

Describes reception of the book at the University of Zurich.

Comments on Nägeli’s concept of a "morphological species".

Expresses belief in importance of natural selection.

Mentions his forthcoming publication ["Ulothrix zonata", Jahrb. f. wiss. Bot. 10 (1876): 417–550].

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Arrangements to invite the Duke [unidentified].

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Thanks for Insectivorous plants.

Intrigued by the analogy between fairy-rings and annular skin diseases, e.g., herpes and psoriasis.

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Thanks CD for his new volume [Insectivorous plants].

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Yellow and purple flowers occur on plant grafted with Cytisus purpureus, but only on separate racemes. Only yellow blooms seed.

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Asks CD to write short article on breeds and breeding for new edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Huxley has suggested natural history topics to be covered, and recommended CD.

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Thanks for copy of CD’s latest work [Insectivorous plants].

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Professional sheep-breeder interested in laws of inheritance reports his crosses between Serinus hortulanus and Dryospiza canaria. Seeks to make a new species. Crosses carried out with animals varying in their proportion of Serinus and Dryospiza parentage. Confirms Prosper Lucas’ law as given in Origin, ch. 9, with exception that strong individuals exhibit prepotency.

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Sends CD some of the Cytisus, which has produced yellow flowers on a purple graft.

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WTT-D and E. R. Lankester wish to visit CD.

Has corrected some references for new edition of Variation.

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Fairy-rings grow because the fungal spawn radiates outwards then dies off at the centre as it becomes exhausted. The verdure of the grass depends upon the decay of the fungus supplying nitrogenous manure. Rings are formed mainly in upland pastures poor in nitrogenous matter. Gives examples of woodland fungi that form rings.

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Describes experiments designed to produce graft-hybrid. Has achieved adhesion in great majority of experiments. Too early to tell what ultimate success will be.

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Has read Insectivorous plants and is to review it for the Spectator.

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Thanks for Insectivorous plants.

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First proof of errata slip for inclusion in Insectivorous plants 2d thousand.

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Wants to study hereditary mental characters to see whether they are limited by sex – an idea CD holds provisionally and which she doubts. She sends a questionnaire form that she asks CD to criticise. Has read Francis Galton [Hereditary genius (1869)].

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Thanks CD for Insectivorous plants.

Is coming to London and hopes to visit Down.