From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 103: 181
Summary:
Has time only to thank CD for the invaluable hints.
Encloses Lathyrus nissolia seeds.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Huxley
Date:
4 Nov 1873
Source of text:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Archives (Huxley 5: 303)
Summary:
Answers THH’s query about W. H. Flower; gives the amount he contributed to the gift. Advises against returning it, even anonymously. Hopes WHF’s health improves.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
John Traherne Moggridge
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Nov 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 223
Summary:
Formic acid kills seeds but only rarely makes them dormant – as he presumes ants do. He finds great variation in the vigour of individual seeds. Harvester ants, used in place of formic acid, do not affect germination.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project