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-- -- Bot. Zeit. of 1865 to see if there were any memoirs wh. you ought to see. You may have seen them before this. The only likely ones were

p. 1. Hildebrand, on Dichogamy & Dimorphism

13. do of Geranium pratense— Pulmonaria officinalis.

p. 50. Notice of yr. paper on Lythrum

p. 245. Hildebrd. Experiments on Hybridizing Orchids.

Happily I can at length I think report improvet. in Mrs. Oliver. She has had a long & serious illness but at last she is so far recovered that we have already had her out in bath-chair twice & hope in a week or so to remove her from Kew.— Very many thanks for your kind enquiries & very kind message of sympathy wh. were very welcome during our late bitter trial

Ever very sincerely | D Oliver

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The date is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter from J. D. Hooker, 13 May 1866.
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The reference is to the two-part article by Friedrich Hildebrand, `Experimente zur Dichogamie und zum Dimorphismus', that appeared in Botanische Zeitung (Hildebrand 1865a). CD had received a copy of the paper in February 1865; see Correspondence vol. 13, letter to J. D. Hooker, 15 [February 1865] and n. 2.
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The review `Darwin, über die geschlechtlichen Beziehungen der 3 Formen von Lythrum Salicaria' appeared in the January 1865 issue of Botanische Zeitung, pp. 50--2 (Hildebrand 1865b), under the initials `F. H.'. In his letter to CD of 24 July 1866, Hildebrand confirmed that he was the author.
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Oliver refers to Hildebrand 1865c.
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The reference is to Oliver's wife, Hannah.
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CD had asked Hooker to convey his sympathies regarding the recent death of the Olivers' daughter (see letter to J. D. Hooker, [9 April 1866].

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