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From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[26? Oct 1873]
Source of text:
DAR 209.2: 21–2
Summary:

Observations on the leaves of Desmodium. Most are trifoliate; none has tendrils. Gives some comments from Hooker.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
26 Oct [1873]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 284–5
Summary:

Extremely glad to hear of the aggregation in Nepenthes glands. Advises on experimenting with cubes of albumen – gives sizes, also suggests cubes of roast meat. Thanks for analyses of secretion of Nepenthes.

Asks for cutting of Acacia farnesiana.

Longs to examine a species of Desmodium with three leaflets. Has asked Frank [Darwin] to look for species of Desmodium with tendrils.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Asa Gray
Date:
26 October 1873
Source of text:
Asa Gray Correspondence 6, Archives of the Gray Herbarium
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Hooker Project