To Edward Frankland 17 April 1874
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Ap 17. 1874
Dear Professor Frankland
Many thanks for the pure phosphate of lime.1 I am extremely curious to see what its effects may be.
Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
See letter from Edward Frankland, 15 April 1874. CD was experimenting on Drosera (sundew) with phosphate of lime for his work on Insectivorous plants.
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Thanks for the pure phosphate of lime.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9415A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Edward Frankland
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9415A,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9415A.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22
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