RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Francis Darwin. [1881-1882]. drawings for figs 1-2 [for Action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots]. CUL-DAR28.2.A1a-A1b. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Darwin, C. R. 1882. The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants. [Read 16 March.] Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Botany) 19: 239-261. Text Image PDF F1800

"Ammonium carbonate. 1882 The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants, Jrnl. of the Lin. Soc. of London (Bot.), 19: pp. 239-61 (Shorter publications, F1800). 1882 The action of carbonate of ammonia on chlorophyll bodies, ibid., 19: pp. 262-84 (Shorter publications, F1801). Both read by Francis Darwin. Abstracts of these by Francis Darwin, Nature, 25: pp. 489-90. CD's notes are in DAR62." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)

Darwin, Francis. 1882. The action of carbonate of ammonia on the roots of certain plants, and on chlorophyll bodies. Nature 25 (23 March): 489-490. A2664.

Darwin died six weeks after the reading of this paper.

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