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
Footnotes
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.
Summary
Thanks for the information about the action of roots on rocks.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8074F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Daniel Oliver
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Christie’s, New York (dealers) (3 December 2010: Sale 2361, Lot 422)
- Physical description
- LS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8074F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8074F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
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