Darwin-Hooker Letters : Letter from C. R. Darwin to J. D. Hooker 24 November 1873
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwin-Hooker Letters
<p style='text-align: justify;'>Has been working hard on <i>Mimosa albida</i>. Could JDH ever make its opposite leaflets shut up close, as in sleep, when he irritated them? CD doubts they do, except in sleep. Thinks movement a protection against water.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Has examined only one specimen of <i>Eucalyptus</i>.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Cannot believe JDH’s results from cutting a hole in pitcher in his <i>Nepenthes</i> experiment.</p>