To Hugo de Vries 10 November 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Nov 10. 75
Dear Sir
Your very kind letter has pleased me greatly.1 I write now to suggest, if you make any more observations on tendrils, to attend to the very curious case described at p 132 of my book under Echinocystis,—namely that the extremity of a tendril which has curled half round a small cylindrical stick, can by an undulatory movement, curl twice or thrice round the stick. This seems to me a point worthy of further investigation, and if my measurements can be trusted shows that the movement is not due to growth along the convex surface.2
With much respect | I remain | Dear Sir | Yours faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Climbing plants 2d ed.: The movements and habits of climbing plants. 2d edition. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Suggests that, if HdV make further observations on tendrils, he attend to Echinocystis, as described on p. 132 of Climbing plants.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-10255F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Hugo de Vries
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Artis Library (De Vries 2)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 10255F,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-10255F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
