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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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  • 7 November 1880was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which
  • about their research while he was away from home. Although Darwin lacked a state of the art research
  • the advantages of both while Francis was working abroad. Darwin was privy to the inner workings of
  • methods and use the most advanced laboratory equipment. Darwin also benefitted from the instrument
  • that Francis had been introduced to at Würzburg. Darwin described his experimental practice
  • plant physiology, but it was at its core informed by Darwins theory of evolution, particularly by
  • early 1860s, at a time when his health was especially bad, Darwin had taken up the study of climbing
  • reproduced as a small book, giving it a much wider audience. Darwin was not the first naturalist to
  • from correspondents in response to the work, and by 1873 began preparing a second edition, which
  • because Darwin never published on bloom. In August 1873, while on holiday in Southampton at the home
  • by bloom, but his main preoccupation in the summer of 1873 was his experimental work on
  • themselves from the injurious effects of water. By November 1873, he was already devising
  • of the investigation as he revealed to Thiselton-Dyer, ‘ Frank & I are working very hard on
  • that exhibited all three types of movement ( letter from RILynch, [before 28 July 1877] ). ‘ …
  • optimism and doubt, telling his daughter Henrietta, ‘ Frank & I have been working very hard at
  • … ’. He confirmed this view to Hooker, ‘ From what Frank & I have seen, I think we shall be able
  • He told his American friend Asa Gray, ‘ My son Frank & I have been observing the autonomous
  • … ‘ Very many thanks for the seeds of the Viola; by an odd chance, I have just raised seedlings of  …
  • leaves, for I have pretty well done with cotyledons. Alas Frank is off tomorrow to Wurzburg, & …
  • Stahl also spoke favourably about another researcher Albert Frank, who like Darwin, looked at plant
  • he thought, echoed what he hadlong been saying ’. Frank had proposed that there were special
  • to learn about cutting thin sections of soft leaves &c.— Lastly the instrument for making marks
  • the curious mode of germinationand concluded, ‘ M r  Rattan seems to be a real good observer, …
  • orThe Nature of the Movements of Plants’ ( letter to R. F. Cooke23 April [1880] ). Cooke
  • was willing to publish on the usual terms ( letter from R. F. Cooke15 July 1880 ). This was also
  • pay more for at the usual rate of charging per inch &c they w dbe over £40’; he suggested