To Francis Darwin [before 29 May 1879]1
My dear F.
Try & find out & read account of the fir-trees affected by some fungus & which produce upright shoots.— I want to know whether case is same with that common here with Silver fir. (A. pectinata?);2 the branches produce huge solid hard knobs with very rugged bark; & from these knobs shoots arise which are quite upright, but afterwards produce horizontal branchlets— The leaves are produced on them precociously. Can this be case described by German?3
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Summary
Try to find and read [a German] account of the fir-trees affected by some fungus which produces upright shoots. CD wants to know whether the case is same as what he has observed in the silver fir. Includes diagram.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12074B
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Francis Darwin
- Source of text
- DAR 271.4: 13
- Physical description
- inc inc?
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12074B,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12074B.xml