To W. W. Baxter 21 September [1873]1
Down, | Beckenham, Kent.
Sep. 21
Dear Sir
Many thanks for all the substances.
Please send me 6 2 oz Bottles with corks.—
I find that Iodic Acid produces so remarkable an effect, that I shd. very much like to try Hydriodic Acid. (2 gr. to 2 oz of doubly distilled water) if you can obtain it for me.—2
Dear Sir | yours faithfully | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Requests 6 2oz bottles with corks. Folic acid produces remarkable effect. Orders hydriodic acid.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9061F
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- William Walmisley Baxter
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 185: 136
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9061F,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9061F.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21