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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. 
Tt 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, 1 wrote m my 
last. 
TO GEORGE ENGELMANN. 
CAMBRIDGE, 14th October, 1862. 
Drar Enceimann, — 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 
