Asks for advice on how to care for previously sent species.
Occurrence of "bloom".
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Asks for advice on how to care for previously sent species.
Occurrence of "bloom".
"Frank and I are working very hard on ""bloom"" and sleep" [movements]. Asks for succulent species for experiment.
Thanks him for various plants sent for experiments.
Frank [Darwin] has been feeding Drosera meat to study differences between fed and unfed plants.
Describes experiments on sensitivity of plant leaves to water.
Frank [Darwin] has found that Drosera leaves fed with meat contain more starch.
Thanks for the plants.
Is doubtful whether he will make out anything about "bloom".
Thanks R. I. Lynch for his MS on Averrhoa.