From Francis Darwin [before 17 July 1878]
Summary
More sleepers from green-house.
Julius Sachs’s view of climbing plants: he distinguishes between nutation to find a support and growth after support is found.
| Author: | Francis Darwin |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | [before 17 July 1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 209.1: 155; DAR 274.1: 50, 52 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11613 |
From R. A. Blair 17 July 1878
Summary
Explains difficulties in supplying wings of geese. Describes injury of old gander that sired the abnormal geese.
| Author: | Reuben Almond Blair |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 17 July 1878 |
| Classmark: | American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.542) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11614 |
To Francis Darwin 17 July [1878]
Summary
Discusses sleep movements of Porlieria.
Has read an abstract of Julius Wiesner on heliotropism and geotropism ["Die heliotropischen Erscheinungen im Pflanzenreiche", Anz. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien 15 (1878): 137–40] which seems important but is puzzling.
Gives details of his observations on climbing plants with reference to comments by Julius Sachs.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Francis Darwin |
| Date: | 17 July [1878] |
| Classmark: | DAR 211: 37 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11615 |
Document type
| letter | (3) |
Author
| Blair, R. A. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Addressee
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
| Darwin, Francis | (1) |
Correspondent
| Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
| Darwin, Francis | (2) |
| Blair, R. A. | (1) |
