Discusses plants sent for experiments and "bloom" on leaves of Trifolium.
Sends enclosure for R. I. Lynch.
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Discusses plants sent for experiments and "bloom" on leaves of Trifolium.
Sends enclosure for R. I. Lynch.
Requests plants that show movement, and any with "bloom" living near the sea.
Information on plants requested by CD.
Thanks for plants.
Thanks R. I. Lynch for information about "bloom" on leaves.
WTT-D should not write to Mr Smith about plants near seashore.
CD’s curious observations on Trifolium resupinatum.
Describes a Maranta remarkable for its leaf asymmetry: its leaves are elliptical on one side and oblong on the other.
Discusses plants to be sent to Kew.
Thanks for letter about Trifolium
and for R. I. Lynch’s observations on sleep of Erythrina.
Mentions letter from F. J. Cohn, dealing with discovery by Francis Darwin, that CD has had printed in Nature ["The contractile filaments of the teasel", Nature 16 (1877): 339; Collected papers 2: 205–7].
Has made out some of the functions of "bloom", which he outlines.
Wants a Euphorbia to test for leaf movements.
Thanks for Euphorbia.
Asks for plants for "bloom" experiments.
Thanks for Australian leaves for "bloom" experiments.
Hooker, just returned from U. S., says Pinus nordmanniana leaves are spread horizontally in the morning and rise during the day.
Wants seed with large cotyledons to test for sensitivity and movement.
Movements in cotyledons; outlines tracing technique. [A tracing of movements of red cabbage cotyledon enclosed.]
Comments on Insectivorous plants, p. 353 mentioning J. J. T. Schloesing’s experiments with carbonate of ammonia [see J. J. T. Schloesing, "Sur l’absorption de l’ammoniaque de l’air par les végétaux", C. R. Hebd. Acad. Sci. 78 (1874): 1700–3].
Information on Cyclamen and other plants.
Identification of some plants.
"Bloom".
Thanks for WTT-D’s help.
Burying action of seeds.
"Bloom" on ferns.
Thanks for letter. CD now has all the seeds and information he requires.
Value and origin of amphicarpic habit.
Wants Trifolium resupinatum for "bloom" experiment.
Letter from Gaston de Saporta.
Germination of onion.
CD gives his opinion on how the physiological laboratory at Kew should be equipped. It would be a pity if the laboratory were not supplied with as many good instruments as their funds could provide.