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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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Encloses corrections and notes on Variation [1st ed.].

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Reports on Schrankia aculeata in which pinna and pinnule are sensitive, but, unlike Mimosa pudica, rachis does not move.

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PS concerning Imantophyllum.

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It has been empirically established at Kew that insular plants tend to be heteromorphic, plants with entire leaves tending to produce divided leaves.

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Cancelled: part of 11847

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H. N. Moseley says [in "Notes on plants collected and observed at the Admiralty Islands", J. Linn. Soc. Lond. (Bot.) 15 (1877): 77] pigeons eject seeds in fit state for germination. He regards pigeons as providing most efficient means of transport in Malayan Archipelago.

CD’s collected notes on geographical distribution would make a good book.

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References to figures of Coryanthes.

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Lists of Acacia and Eucalyptus species.

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Notes and extracts relating to "bloom".

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Remarks on the difference between the sexes in Restionaceae and other subjects – occasioned by reading the introduction [to Forms of flowers].

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Is forwarding several plants requested by CD.

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Has sent Mimosa. The horticultural and physiological Mimosa is M. albida, which has a western distribution, rather than M. sensitiva as it is commonly called in error.

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Is acquiring some "maritime and glaucous" plants for CD.

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Information on plants requested by CD.

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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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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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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".