From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
22 July [1877]
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Darwin: Letters to Thiselton-Dyer, 1873–81: ff. 74–7)
Summary:
Describes experiments on sensitivity of plant leaves to water.
Frank [Darwin] has found that Drosera leaves fed with meat contain more starch.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project