RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Pfeffer, Pflanzenphysiologie, ein Handbuch des Stoffwechsels und Kraftwechsels in der Pflanze. CUL-DAR68.10-11. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2023. 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-DAR68 contains notes on 'bloom'. Francis Darwin explained: "His researches into the meaning of the 'bloom,' or waxy coating found on many leaves, was one of those inquiries which remained unfinished at the time of his death. He amassed a quantity of notes on the subject". LL3: 339. See an Introduction to these folders by Christine Chua & John van Wyhe.

Pfeffer, W. 1881. Pflanzenphysiologie, ein Handbuch des Stoffwechsels und Kraftwechsels in der Pflanze. 2 vols. Leipzig.


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Pfeffer Pflanzenphysiologie — Stoffwechsels. 1881.

p. 244 — on shaking plant causing movement

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Pfeffer Pflanzenphysiologie 1881. 2d Band

P 244 He evidently believes that shaking plants causes movement.—


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