RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1880.11.07. I have been looking in Orchard on flower-beds near Scotch-firs [Earthworm research notes] CUL-DAR65.30. 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 volume CUL-DAR65 contains materials for Earthworms.
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Nov 7 1880 — I have been looking in Orchard on flower-beds near Scotch-firs where many tufts of fir leaves projected & I find these often drawn in only 1 to 1 1/2 inches but in many cases far between 4 & 5 inches & likewise lined with bits of leaves, so common habit. — This length of 4-5 inches must exceed length of leaves — Possibly by more careful search longer fir lined tubes could have been found.
This case is the more remarkable as Scotch-fir not endemic
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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