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To Hugo de Vries   13 February 1879

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Discusses heliotropism in plant cotyledons. Asks for information.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hugo de Vries
Date:  13 Feb 1879
Classmark:  Artis Library (De Vries 5)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11881

To Hugo de Vries   12 August 1879

Summary

Thanks for letter.

Comments on growth and movement of plants.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hugo de Vries
Date:  12 Aug 1879
Classmark:  Artis Library (De Vries 6)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12190

To Hugo de Vries   6 September 1879

Summary

Perhaps movement from side to side in plants is caused by the contraction of one side, rather than the expansion of the other.

Sends seeds of Lychnis Githago: he observed the hypocotyledenous stem, not the root, contracting.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Hugo de Vries
Date:  6 Sept 1879
Classmark:  Artis Library (De Vries 7)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12219F
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