From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Traherne Moggridge
Date:
10 Mar 1874
Source of text:
DAR 146: 381
Summary:
Criticises paper by Ziegler [see 9339].
Acid experiments on seeds have failed.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Criticises paper by Ziegler [see 9339].
Acid experiments on seeds have failed.
Sends abstract of Martin Ziegler’s paper on sensitive movements in Drosera ["Sur un fait physiologique observé sur des feuilles de Drosera", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 74 (1872): 1227–9].
JTM’s experiments with formic acid and ants have failed to reveal the secret of the ants, but have taught him a great deal about germination.