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To Daniel Oliver   17 November 1871

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Nov 17. 1871

Dear Professor Oliver

You have been very kind to take so much trouble for me; the information is amply sufficient, as I wished to learn how far the roots cd act on rocks, not caring about the nutrition of the plants.1

Yours truly obliged | Ch Darwin

LS

1
CD had asked Oliver whether it was believed that rootlets secreted carbonic acid or similar chemicals (letter to Daniel Oliver, 15 November 1871). Oliver’s reply has not been found.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8074F,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8074F