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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.08.10. H.C. Watson told me that he took some earth. CUL-DAR205.2.120. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2022. RN1

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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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Aug. 10th /55/ H.C. Watson told me that he took some earth from a depth to see if plants wd come up & he saw gardener tread on the bed, & remarked that the experiment was now nearly spoilt, just where foot had pressed them some emerged weeds came up. Henslow says he often remarked byscraper what a number of Plants came up.—

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Hooker shows Broom case of Stirling not to be trusted for Broom grows on castle-rock overhanging the meadows.— Henslow has seen a large cistern at top of Ransome works, which is filled only with Hot water from Boiler & is occasionally cleaned out — yet water—snails always appear in it.

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