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DCP-LETT-9303F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
19 Feb 1874
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 1)
Summary:

Thanks for copies of HdV’s two articles on climbing plants (Vries 1873a and 1873b).

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10255F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
10 Nov 1875
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 2)
Summary:

Suggests that, if HdV make further observations on tendrils, he attend to Echinocystis, as described on p. 132 of Climbing plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11645F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
8 Aug [1878]
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 3)
Summary:

Regrets he cannot receive HdeV at Down, because he has just left home.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11643

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
[10 or 11 Aug 1878]
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 4a)
Summary:

Arranges for HdeV to call.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11662

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
[15] Aug [1878]
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 4b)
Summary:

Enjoyed seeing HdeV yesterday.

Following the point mentioned by HdeV, CD has observed the difference in corrugation of primary roots in plants exposed to dry and damp soil.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11881

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
13 Feb 1879
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 5)
Summary:

Discusses heliotropism in plant cotyledons. Asks for information.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12190

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
12 Aug 1879
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 6)
Summary:

Thanks for letter.

Comments on growth and movement of plants.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12219F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugo de Vries
Date:
6 Sept 1879
Source of text:
Artis Library (De Vries 7)
Summary:

Perhaps movement from side to side in plants is caused by the contraction of one side, rather than the expansion of the other.

Sends seeds of Lychnis Githago: he observed the hypocotyledenous stem, not the root, contracting.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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