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At times, Darwin despaired of ever finishing the work, as the book outgrew his original expectations: "I have written a rather big book—more is the pity—on the movements of plants, and I am now just beginning to go over the MS. for the second time, which is a horrid bore." [2]
In tall and dense forests, twining plants would probably succeed better with minor expenditure of organic matter. All this evolved due to an inherent ability to respond to their ‘wants’ by moving. (p. 202). Darwin states: "It has often been vaguely asserted that plants are distinguished from animals by not having the power of movement.
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His research on plants was published in a series of books, and in his final book, The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Actions of Worms (1881), he examined earthworms and their effect on soil. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species.
Francis Darwin in 1910. Francis Darwin was born in Down House, Downe, Kent in 1848. He was the third son and seventh child of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma Wedgwood. He was educated at Clapham Grammar School. [3] He then went to Trinity College, Cambridge, first studying mathematics, then changing to natural sciences, graduating in 1870.
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These writings contributed to Darwin's pursuit of evidence that would support his theory of natural selection. There were only two more books to follow: The Power of Movement in Plants (1880) and The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms (1881). He conducted a wide range of experiments and observations and the results of ...
1877: The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species (Second edition with a preface by Francis Darwin in 1884) 1879: "Preface and 'a preliminary notice'" in Ernst Krause's Erasmus Darwin; 1880: The Power of Movement in Plants; 1881: The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms (corrections by Francis Darwin in 1882)