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DCP-LETT-11864

From:
George Henslow
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 Feb 1879
Source of text:
DAR 166: 175
Summary:

GH no longer believes in the value of cross-fertilisation in plants.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11864A

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Edward Frankland
Date:
8 Feb 1879
Source of text:
The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (Frankland Collection)
Summary:

Gives results of the experiments: the leaves in most cases make the water alkaline. It cannot be ammonia. He and his son, Francis, suspect potash, which is valued as a manure. Will be grateful for the analysis EF has offered.

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