Thanks CD for the engraving, which has arrived.
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The Charles Darwin Collection
The Darwin Correspondence Project is publishing letters written by and to the naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882). Complete transcripts of letters are being made available through the Project’s website (www.darwinproject.ac.uk) after publication in the ongoing print edition of The Correspondence of Charles Darwin (Cambridge University Press 1985–). Metadata and summaries of all known letters (c. 15,000) appear in Ɛpsilon, and the full texts of available letters can also be searched, with links to the full texts.
Thanks CD for the engraving, which has arrived.
In response to CD’s query, discusses sleep movements of plants. Recommends papers on subject.
Oliver says Oxalis colorata is O. floribunda.
Regrets he has not given Zoonomia the attention it deserves. Informs CD that Erasmus Darwin may have anticipated a discovery about paralysis of vessels by exposure to heat [see Erasmus Darwin, p. 109].
There is a hyacinth growing upside down in Hankinson’s garden. Sends picture of it. Leslie Stephen knows of no worthwhile sources of information on Dr Erasmus Darwin.
Will see CD in Worthing next week.
Has had an account of his experiments published. Sends CD some specimens of seedlings and tubers.
Relates more family history and anecdotes concerning Dr Erasmus Darwin.
Forwards a letter [missing] from her cousin relating to Dr Erasmus Darwin.