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Thanks R. I. Lynch for his MS on Averrhoa.

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Would like specimen of Cassia mimosoides.

Offers books to R. I. Lynch in return for services rendered.

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Discusses plants sent for experiments and "bloom" on leaves of Trifolium.

Sends enclosure for R. I. Lynch.

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Requests plants that show movement, and any with "bloom" living near the sea.

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Information on plants requested by CD.

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Thanks for plants.

Thanks R. I. Lynch for information about "bloom" on leaves.

WTT-D should not write to Mr Smith about plants near seashore.

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CD’s curious observations on Trifolium resupinatum.

Describes a Maranta remarkable for its leaf asymmetry: its leaves are elliptical on one side and oblong on the other.

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Discusses plants to be sent to Kew.

Thanks for letter about Trifolium

and for R. I. Lynch’s observations on sleep of Erythrina.

Mentions letter from F. J. Cohn, dealing with discovery by Francis Darwin, that CD has had printed in Nature ["The contractile filaments of the teasel", Nature 16 (1877): 339; Collected papers 2: 205–7].

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Has made out some of the functions of "bloom", which he outlines.

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Wants a Euphorbia to test for leaf movements.

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Thanks for Euphorbia.

Asks for plants for "bloom" experiments.

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Thanks for Australian leaves for "bloom" experiments.

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Hooker, just returned from U. S., says Pinus nordmanniana leaves are spread horizontally in the morning and rise during the day.

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Wants seed with large cotyledons to test for sensitivity and movement.

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Movements in cotyledons; outlines tracing technique. [A tracing of movements of red cabbage cotyledon enclosed.]

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Comments on Insectivorous plants, p. 353 mentioning J. J. T. Schloesing’s experiments with carbonate of ammonia [see J. J. T. Schloesing, "Sur l’absorption de l’ammoniaque de l’air par les végétaux", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 78 (1874): 1700–3].

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Sends quotations on Dionaea and Sarracenia. [See Insectivorous plants, 2d ed., pp. 243, 366.]

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Information on Cyclamen and other plants.

Identification of some plants.

"Bloom".

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Thanks for WTT-D’s help.

Burying action of seeds.

"Bloom" on ferns.

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Thanks for letter. CD now has all the seeds and information he requires.

Value and origin of amphicarpic habit.