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Gives an example of the power of reasoning shown by dogs.

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Has CD ever come across Dischidia rafflesiana?

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Has extracted a highly deliquescent substance from digestive secretion of insectivorous plants.

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Hopes to continue study of climbing plants next summer and to observe facts mentioned in CD’s letter.

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Report on sales of Origin, Insectivorous plants, and Climbing plants.

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Queries concerned with his translation of Insectivorous plants, which has been delayed by illness but is now two-thirds done.

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His paper [for Royal Society] is completed; would CD like to read it?

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Mr Hardy, CD’s tenant at Beesby, has spent £105 on improvements to the farm. JH suggests different ways of recompensing the tenant, and asks for CD’s decision.

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Sends cheques in payment on three of CD’s books.

Proposes to print 500 copies of Insectivorous plants before distributing the type.

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Can cut the electros from the plates of the illustrations for the new edition of Variation if they are the same as in the first edition.

Has received plates for Climbing plants and will print immediately.

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JM has printed 16250 copies of Origin since 1859.

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RLT’s paper will be sent to CD. Will CD notify him of any serious defects?

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JDH concerned about preparations for [his address at] Royal Society [anniversary] meeting [Proc. R. Soc. Lond. (1876): 72–94].

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RLT’s paper on insectivorous plants is being copied.

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Thanks for the peas which arrived in "beautiful order".

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RLT’s insectivorous plants paper.

The success of a recent lecture.

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JDH has heard from Asa Gray, who approves of the botany primer [Botany (1876)].

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Asks CD to sign papers for Royal Society candidacy of W. B. Clarke.

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E. R. Lankester is in danger of being black-balled for admission to the Linnean Society; Thiselton-Dyer is in the midst of the fight.

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CD’s letter from Tiflis is not in Russian but Georgian.