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To Edward Frankland   17 April 1874

Down, | Beckenham, Kent.

Ap 17. 1874

Dear Professor Frankland

Many thanks for the pure phosphate of lime.1 I am extremely curious to see what its effects may be.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin

1
See letter from Edward Frankland, 15 April 1874. CD was experimenting on Drosera (sundew) with phosphate of lime for his work on Insectivorous plants.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-9415A,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-9415A