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From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[25 Apr 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 59
Summary:

Aggressive behaviour of dogs and horses.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[5 May 1870]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 60
Summary:

Expression in horses.

Crying in babies.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[Jan 1871]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 57
Summary:

Describes a pouting expression in a 3½–year-old child.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov [1871]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 62
Summary:

Displays in turkeys.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Date:
5 Jan [1872]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (Add 4251: 331)
Summary:

Asks her to probe worm-holes on grassy slopes with a knitting needle to ascertain whether they come out at right angles to the slope or to the horizon.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Jan [1872]
Source of text:
DAR 94: 1b
Summary:

Gives results of probing worm-holes with wire.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
Date:
21 Jan [1872]
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library (Add 4251: 332)
Summary:

Thanks for observations on angles of worm-holes on slopes. William Darwin is observing at Stonehenge. She is worth her weight in gold.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[8 Feb 1872]
Source of text:
DAR 63: 79–80
Summary:

Describes earthworm experiments. She has measured depth of mould in various locales, e.g., on ridges and furrows of an old ploughed field.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Elizabeth (Bessy, Lizzy) Darwin
Date:
[7 Mar 1872 or later]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 58
Summary:

P.S. Information on earthworm activity on chalk downs, including two rough sketches for CD.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[15 June 1872?]
Source of text:
DAR 181: 61
Summary:

Worm-casts on a ridged hill.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[before 1 July 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 138
Summary:

Sends reference on Pinguicula [for CD].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 July 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 138v
Summary:

Sends further details on Pinguicula reference.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[22 Aug 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 81–2
Summary:

Sends specimens of Pinguicula with insects adhering. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 369.]

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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