From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Feb 1873
Source of text:
DAR 103: 149–50
Summary:
Delighted with John Traherne Moggridge’s book [Harvesting ants (1873)].
Has suggested he plant seeds in various receptacles. Only two explanations for failure of seeds to germinate [in ants’ nests]: lack of circulating air or formic acid.
Has undertaken a botany primer for Macmillan.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
