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DCP-LETT-13124

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George John Romanes
Date:
18 Apr 1881
Source of text:
American Philosophical Society (Mss.B.D25.588)
Summary:

Discusses GJR’s experiments on heliotropism in plants; views of Philippe van Tieghem and Julius von Wiesner. Describes his own experiments.

Mentions his letter on vivisection [to Frithiof Holmgren, see 13115] in the Times [18 Apr 1881].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13125

From:
Katherine W. Savage (Kate) Barnes
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Apr 1881
Source of text:
DAR 160: 43
Summary:

Announces CD’s election as an Honorary Corresponding Member of the Club.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-13126

From:
Sara Helen Biggs (Helen) (Biggs) Taylor
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Apr 1881
Source of text:
DAR 178: 54
Summary:

Sends "Ginger Beer Plant", a seed that assists the fermentation of ginger beer. [Also enclosed are instructions for making ginger beer dated, presumably erroneously, 18 Oct 1881.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-13127

From:
Werner Adolf Friedrich Wilhelm (Werner) von Voigts-Rhetz
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 18 Apr 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 180: 14
Summary:

On vivisection. Has read CD’s letter to Frithiof Holmgren and answers the points raised in it.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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