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seeds directly into the ground ; they will come up in 

 spring, in moist garden soil. 



My observations were made on a warm, sunny day. 

 I doubt if you have warmth and sunshine enough in 

 England to get up a sensible movement. 



My note about them is in " Proceedings of the 

 American Academy," iv., p. 98, reprinted in " Silli- 

 man's Journal," March, 1859, p. 277. I must own 

 that upon casually taking them up since, I never 

 have obtained such very good results as upon two days 

 of August, 1858. 



Upon gourds affecting each other's fruits, I have 

 made no observations at all. I have only referred 

 to that, as a well-known thing, at least, of common 

 repute here, and then referred to maize, where the 

 soft sweet-corn, when fertilized by hard yellow-corn, 

 the grain so fertilized takes the character of the fer- 

 tilizer. My note about it is in Academy "Proceed- 

 ings," vol. iv., I think. You have the volumes (which 

 I have not in reach now), and can find it by the index. 

 It does not amount to much. Nothing on maize I 

 know of except Bonafous' folio volume. I am going 

 to get and send you grains of four or five sorts of 

 maize. About the involucrate form, I wrote in my 

 last. 



TO GEORGE ENGELMANN. 



CAMBRIDGE, 14th October, 1862. 



DEAR ENGELMANN, Never mind turmoil. It will 

 come out right. I go against the abolition wing, but 

 support the President in his Proclamation. 



If the rebels continue obstinate, that is only a ques- 

 tion of time. Of that, as a military measure, and of 

 the expediency, the President of the United States is 



