RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1872].10.24. In 1852 (ie 20 years ago) part of great turnpike road was enclosed [Earthworm research notes] CUL-DAR64.2.33. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Prepared and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2025. RN1
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 volumes CUL-DAR63, CUL-DAR64 and CUL-DAR65 contain a diverse array of materials for Darwin's research on earthworms. All of the textual items in these folders, including this one, have been transcribed in a single file: CUL-DAR63-65.
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Oct 24 [1872] In year 1852 (ie 20 years ago) part of great turnpike road was enclosed in Park. Miss Wordington remembers it was long bare: now it is covered with turf from 3/4 to 2 1/2 inches in thickness — average perhaps 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 in thickness — But I could find no castings on this old road, & this makes me think that after some years a thin layer of Earth must have been spread over the road —
If not I cannot understand the case.
Not worth giving
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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