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To D. F. Nevill   19 and 21 February [1878]

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Will call on addressee when he is next in London.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Dorothy Fanny Walpole; Dorothy Fanny Nevill
Date:  19 and 21 Feb 1878
Classmark:  The British Library (Add MS 57940 f. 106)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9863F

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From Francis Darwin   [21 July 1878]

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Has been investigating nutational movements of climbing plants; comments on the opinions of Julius von Wiesner and Julius Sachs. Remarks on the sleep movements of certain plants and the mechanism of tendril curvature. Is experimenting with Porlieria.

Has visited K. G. Semper’s laboratory.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [21 July 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 162: 59, DAR 209.8: 151
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11623

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  • Leonard Darwin’s nickname. Cobaea is a subtropical genus of the family Polemoniaceae (phlox). CD had discussed Cobaea scandens (cup and saucer vine) in Climbing plants 2d ed. , pp. 106–11. …
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