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From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Litchfield, H. E.
Date:
[18 December 1881]
Source of text:
DAR 219.9: 282
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Darwin Family Letters
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Andrew Clark finds that CD’s heart is perfectly right.
Concurs in CD’s criticism of Thomas Meehan [see 13360].
Can FG call on Monday evening?
"The number of worms in your garden is astonishing … it will be an interesting observation, how soon the land is again stocked with worms, & whether the grass grows better before this happens. – I neglected to observe whether worms distruct [disturb?] the roots of grasses. – You will probably be able to borrow … my book On the Formation of Vegetable Mould … in which … you will find a good deal about the natural history of worms."
Sends CD a pamphlet on muscular conditions expressive of states of the brain