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DCP-LETT-11608

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
14 July [1878]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 35, 36, 39
Summary:

Asks for list of families of sleeping plants. Believes sleep is merely modified circumnutation at a particular time of day.

Porlieria has had no water for some time but shows no sign of flagging.

Describes the response of Thalia flowers to touch.

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DCP-LETT-11606

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
George Howard Darwin
Date:
14 [July 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 210.1: 72
Summary:

Writes to say that the point on which he thought GHD’s drawings were mistaken proves to be an error in his own observation.

Contributor:
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DCP-LETT-11553F

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 14 July 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 48
Summary:

Thinks it would be a good idea to give the typing machine to Karl Semper.

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