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Movement in Plants

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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…

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  • … Francis worked in this laboratory in the summers of 1878 and 1879,  he encountered some of the most …
  • … couple of days ( letter from A. F. Batalin, 28 February 1879 ). Darwin was especially keen for his …
  • … so much at odds ( letter to Hugo de Vries 13 February 1879 ). He was reassured by De Vries, who …
  • … When Francis spent a month in Algiers in early 1879, Darwin asked him to visit the botanist Gaetano …
  • … seeds ( letter to Francis Darwin, [4 February – 8 March 1879] ). He continued to write up the …
  • … ’. The lull in experimental work continued into March 1879, and Darwin seemed weary when he told …
  • … the subject of bloom from his book.  In mid-June 1879, Darwin was pleased to get back to …
  • … and growth ( letter from Hugo de Vries, 7 August 1879 ). Darwin replied, ‘ I thank you much for …
  • … the Spring ’. Luckily, De Vries published two papers in 1879 and 1880 that Darwin was later able to …
  • … ‘A horrid bore’ In late October 1879, Darwin told Gray, ‘ I have written a rather big …
  • … bodies’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 October 1879 ). Thiselton-Dyer, who had assisted in …
  • … earlier ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 November 1879 ). Hooker offered to write to Egypt for …