From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Alexander Stephen Wilson
Date:
4 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 148: 394
Summary:
Thanks ASW for Aegilops seed.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Thanks ASW for Aegilops seed.
Will publish Origin first
and then Descent.
AS is looking for a job in a zoological museum or accompanying an expedition.
Sends father’s regrets that CD will not be able to help Stecker as appointments are few in number and much sought after.
Suggests movements of sensitive plants may protect against insects.
JIR’s "theory" of sensitive plants published in an anonymous letter he sent to the Field 2½ years ago. Mechanisms for protection against insects in sensitive plants.