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To J. D. Hooker 22 October 1881
Summary
Visiting his son Horace.
Studying action of carbonate of ammonia. Finds similar looking Euphorbia root cells react differently.
Intrigued by Dischidia rafflesiana, whose pitchers manufacture manure-water that nourishes adventitious roots. Does JDH know histologist for detailed study?
Julius von Wiesner’s criticism of Movement in plants "vivisects" CD in "a most courteous but awful manner" [Das Bewegungsvermögen der Pflanzen (1881)].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 22 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 538–41 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13420 |
To J. D. Hooker 30 October 1881
Summary
Profuse thanks for plants.
Specifies which euphorbs he wants. Euphorbs’ alternate rows of ammonium carbonate reactive/non-reactive cells are worth more study.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Joseph Dalton Hooker |
| Date: | 30 Oct 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 95: 542–3 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-13442 |
Author
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | |
| Hooker, J. D. | (2) |
