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Observations of leaf movement at Würzburg Botanic Garden.

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Reports observations on day and night movement in Porlieria.

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Encloses two photos [missing].

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Thinks it would be a good idea to give the typing machine to Karl Semper.

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LD’s chemical analysis of lamp-black.

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Has been testing lamp-black for ammonia.

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Horace Darwin suggests FD water the Porlieria copiously to see whether it will keep awake all day.

[Possibly P.S. to 11620.]

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Many thnks for the pelargonium letter.

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Thanks for list of sleepers.

Thinks it would be a good idea to give writing machine to Carl Semper.

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He has had no success with horse or Spanish chestnuts.

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Horse chestnut roots have not acted at all well.

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He is getting some of the Heracleum seed sowed and the Cycas planted. Does CD want anything done with the potatoes sent by James Torbitt?

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List of plants sent from Kew.

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Requests support for his appointment as Superintendent of Epping Forest.

Working on a book [Australasia. Stanford’s compendium of geography and travel, edited and extended by A. R. Wallace (1879)].

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Sleep in Porlieria studied.

Oats begin germinating.

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Thanks for CD’s support for [Epping Forest] appointment. Doubts about the proposed management.

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Thanks for sending Nature; plans to leave on 22 May; anecdote about Bernard.

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Sleep of Porlieria hygrometrica seems independent of light.

Will have lots of time for oats. W. F. P. Pfeffer’s point is that there is no growth in sleepers with joints. A. F. Batalin says there is a slight growth.

[Dated Saturday 28th by FD.]

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Sachs jumps to the conclusion twiners and tendrils are similar from the Menispermum that twined without a stick. Akebia grows down a stick; not only the free end is involved.

Sleeping plants.

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He has been talking to Julius von Sachs about sleeping plants that move with and without growth.