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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
15 November 1881
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 276
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
No summary available.
Has read Earthworms.
Wonders if CD has studied gnats; inquires about their apparently useless hovering over one spot for hours.
More observations of the radicles of germinating seeds of Euphorbia peplus for appearance of milk-tubes.
Comments on J. v. Wiesner’s and W. F. P. Pfeffer’s views and criticism of his experiments.