From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
18 [Sept 1869]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 153–4
Summary:
Asks JDH to consult colleagues learned in physiology for answer to query: when a large piece of bark is removed from a tree, does the bark ever regrow in isolated points [separate] from the growing margin of the surrounding bark? Query bears on Pangenesis and on power of repair in plants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project