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Movement in Plants

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The power of movement in plants, published on 7 November 1880, was the final large botanical work that Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin, is mentioned on the title page. The research for this…

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  • … The power of movement in plants , published on 7 November 1880, was the final large …
  • … Darwin wrote. It was the only work in which the assistance of one of his children, Francis Darwin …
  • … while he was away from home. Although Darwin lacked a state of the art research institute and …
  • … who, like Francis, had come to this centre for the study of physiological botany to learn the latest …
  • … Darwin also benefitted from the instrument-building prowess of his youngest son, Horace, who not …
  • … first glance, this book seems to fit neatly into the realm of experimental plant physiology, but it …
  • … his health was especially bad, Darwin had taken up the study of climbing plants, one of his ‘hobby …
  • … had considered combining the works in a single volume ( letter to J. V. Carus, 7 February 1875 ). …
  • … , a plant that exhibited all three types of movement ( letter from R. I. Lynch, [before 28 July …
  • … Ciesielski, who had been a student of Ferdinand Cohn in Breslau: ‘ One fact of his would be …
  • … the woodblock using photography for scientific accuracy ( letter from J. D. Cooper, 13 December …
  • … lost colour, withered, and died within a couple of days ( letter from A. F. Batalin, 28 February …
  • … how their observations could have been so much at odds ( letter to Hugo de Vries 13 February 1879 …
  • … the botanist Gaetano Durando, to find plants and seeds ( letter to Francis Darwin, [4 February – 8 …
  • … only the regulator & not cause of movement ’. In the same letter, Darwin discussed terminology, …
  • … to replace Frank’s ‘Transversal-Heliotropismus’ ( letter from W. E. Darwin, 10 February [1880] ). …
  • … experiments and devised a new test, which he described in a letter to his mother, ‘ I did some …
  • … and it appeared in 1880 (F. Darwin 1880b). In the same letter, Francis revealed the frustration of
  • … on holiday in the Lake District, Darwin received a long letter from De Vries detailing his latest …
  • … described as ‘little discs’ and ‘greenish bodies’ ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 29 October 1879 …
  • of cotton that he had not been able to observe earlier ( letter to W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, 20 …

Darwin’s reading notebooks

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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…

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  • … In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to …
  • … were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119) …
  • … a few odd entries, the record ends. Both notebooks consist of two different sections, headed ‘Books …
  • … information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading notebooks (Vorzimmer 1977) …
  • … they were written. The reader should keep in mind that many of the comments about the works were …
  • … 1908, gave all but a few to the Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge. These works, …
  • … After the Darwin archive was established in the Cambridge University Library, books that contained …
  • … Robin Darwin, and many of these were later acquired by the University Library and are in the Rare …
  • … [Reimarius 1760] The Highlands & Western Isl ds  letter to Sir W Scott [MacCulloch 1824 …
  • … 1834–40]: In Portfolio of “abstracts” 34  —letter from Skuckard of books on Silk Worm …
  • … M rs  Fry’s Life [Fry 1847] Horace Walpoles letter to C t . of Ossory [Walpole 1848] …
  • … Asiatic Society ]—contains very little Macleay’s letter to D r  Fleming [Macleay 1830] …
  • … [Heer 1854].— Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] …
  • … [Saint-Hilaire 1830] Read W. R. Wilde in Dublin University Magazine early month of 1854 on …
  • … from whom CD borrowed books. 2  The Cambridge University Library, known then as the …
  • of the material from these portfolios is in DAR 205, the letter from William Edward Shuckard to …
  • … ( Notebooks , pp. 319–28). 55  The letter was addressed to Nicholas Aylward Vigors …
  • … to William Jackson Hooker. See  Correspondence  vol. 3, letter to J. D. Hooker, [5 or 12 November …
  • … 119: 21b Broughton, William Grant. 1832.  A letter in vindication of   the principles of
  • … Das Abändern   der Vögel durch Einfluss des Klimas . Breslau and Kiel. [Darwin Library.]  119: …
  • … by Bekhur to   Garoo and the Lake Manasarowara: with a letter from … J.   G. Gerard, Esq. …
  • … Mammalia, being the lecture … delivered   before the University of Cambridge … May 10, 1859. To …
  • … Adam. 1850.  A discourse on the studies of the   University  [of Cambridge]\. 5th ed. London and …
  • … with particular reference to the leading studies of the   University of Cambridge.  3 pts. London …
  • … in early times—deer, goats, sheep, and swine.  Dublin University   Magazine  43: 127–46, 317–33. …