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Fruit preserving Gardeners Chron 53/ p. 244.— Lovejoy 1853. See The Complete Library of Charles Darwin. Fortune R. Esq Gilston R. Brompton Robert Fortune (1813-1880), botanist who travelled in China. Falconer 31 Sackville St N. W.— 21 Park Crescent Hugh Falconer (1808-1865), palaeontologist and botanist. Forbes D. 7 Calthorpe St Birmingham —— 11 York Place, Portman Sqr W David Forbes (1828-1876), geologist and mining engineer. Brother of Edward Forbes. Ford, G. H. 34 Hatton Garden Holborn 29
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Darwin, C. R. 1874. Flowers of the primrose destroyed by birds. Nature. A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science 10 (14 May): 24-25.
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admirable observations on the instinctive actions of chickens when their eyes were uncovered, after having been blind-folded from the moment of being hatched. Prof. Frankland seems to have been much struck with the behaviour of his bullfinch, and remarks in his letter that it had all the precision of a chemical reaction; the result of putting a primrose within its reach can be almost as certainly predicted as that of putting a plate of iron into a solution of sulphate of copper. CHARLES DARWIN Down
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