From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Mar 1878
Source of text:
DAR 178: 142
Summary:
Sales of [potato] varieties have reduced amount of money needed [for experiments].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Sales of [potato] varieties have reduced amount of money needed [for experiments].
Thanks for CD’s criticism and advice. The difficult question of whether varieties "wear out".
Asks her to observe seedlings of Neottia breaking the surface to see whether the flower stems grow straight up or form arches, and whether they secrete water that softens the surrounding ground.