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From Francis Darwin   [before 7 July 1878]

Summary

He has been talking to Julius von Sachs about sleeping plants that move with and without growth.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [before 7 July 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 57
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11593F

To William Spottiswoode   7 July [1878]

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Summary

Has been approached by [H. R. Hope-]Pinker who wishes to sculpt him for the Royal Institution; asks whether WS has any knowledge of the matter.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  William Spottiswoode
Date:  7 July [1878]
Classmark:  DAR 202: 83
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11594

To Francis Darwin   7 [July 1878]

Summary

Describes sleep movements in Porlieria and his experiments on movements of radicles.

Thalia flowers have interesting mechanism to ensure cross-fertilisation.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Darwin
Date:  7 [July 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 211: 34
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11595

From Francis Darwin   [after 7 July 1878]

Summary

Sleep in Porlieria studied.

Oats begin germinating.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 7 July 1878]
Classmark:  DAR 209.7: 157
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11596