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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, W. E.
Date:
[6 September 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 219.1: 126
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Darwin Family Letters
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Murray’s offer to publish Erasmus Darwin. RC states terms and preliminary arrangements.
Perhaps movement from side to side in plants is caused by the contraction of one side, rather than the expansion of the other.
Sends seeds of Lychnis Githago: he observed the hypocotyledenous stem, not the root, contracting.
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Asks for Günther's opinion on whether there are fresh water fishes on the British Isles that are distinct (species or well-marked varieties) from those of the Continent; if so wd Günther send their names and nearest allies.