From:
John Traherne Moggridge
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
22 Aug 1873
Source of text:
DAR 171: 222
Summary:
He has added carbolic acid to the seed germination experiments and sends more results on the effect of formic acid. Formic acid inhibits mildew on dough but not on seeds.
Mildew never grows in ants’ nests.
Sends an account, from the Mishnah, of grain stored by ants.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project