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DCP-LETT-1985

From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
10 Nov 1856
Source of text:
DAR 205.3: 296
Summary:

Greatly interested in CD’s experiments with seeds in salt water [see "Action of sea-water on seeds", Collected papers 1: 264–73]. Believes CD exaggerates the force of the objection, against migration, that seeds tend to sink.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-1994

From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
19 Nov 1856
Source of text:
DAR 98: A7–A10
Summary:

Discusses means of seed transport.

Considers the difficulty of deciding which, if any, botanical species are real.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-2002

From:
Hewett Cottrell Watson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 Nov 1856
Source of text:
DAR 207: 19
Summary:

Responds to CD’s query on Subularia and Limosella. There are discrepancies among authorities on whether Subularia flowers out of water. Limosella certainly flowers out of water.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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