To James Paget 13 December 1880
[Leith Hill Place, Surrey.]
Dec. 13th, 1880.
Perhaps you would like to see a very small “tumour” on a lateral branch of the Silver Fir, caused by an Œstrum, as stated (with references) in my Power of Movement in Plants.1 These tumours are sometimes almost as big as a child’s head. At what age they emit the upright shoot, I do not know.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Movement in plants: The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. Assisted by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray. 1880.
Summary
Perhaps you would like to see a very small “tumour” on a lateral branch of the Silver Fur, caused by an Œstrum, as stated (with references) in my Power of Movement in Plants. These tumours are sometimes almost as big as a child’s head. At what age they emit the upright shoot, I do not know.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-12911
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Paget, 1st baronet
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- , p. 409 n.
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 12911,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-12911.xml
