RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Moore, Observations on the Plants which, by their growth and decomposition, form the principal part of the Irish turf-bogs. CUL-DAR205.2.161. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2022. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.2 contains notes on means of distribution.
The brown crayon number '18' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Migration.
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British Assoc. Dublin 1857.
Mr Moore of Bot. G. Dublin has found Laburnum seeds in an old Elm decayed tree, at least 50 years, many of which germinated.
Moore, D. 1858. Observations on the plants which, by their growth and decomposition, form the principal part of the Irish turf-bogs. Report of the twenty-seventh meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; held at Dublin in August and September 1857. London: John Murray, pp. 97-98.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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