RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1875. The movements and habits of climbing
plants. 2d edition. London: John Murray. REVISION HISTORY:
Digitised by David Price 2001. Corrections, illustrations and
updates by John van Wyhe 2002, 8.2006. Proofread and corrected
by Sue Asscher 7.2008. RN3 NOTE: See R. B. Freeman's
bibliographical introduction. The so-called first edition of
this work was published as: Darwin, 1865. On the movements and
habits of climbing plants. [Read 2 February] Journal of the
Linnean Society of London (Botany) 9: 1-118, 13 text figures.
Text The following matter was added to the 1882 edition:
APPENDIX TO PREFACE (1882). Since the publication of this
Edition two papers by eminent botanists have appeared;
Schwendener, 'Das Winden der Pflanzen' (Monatsberichte der
Berliner Akademie, Dec. 1881), and J. Sachs, 'Notiz über
Schlingpflanzen' (Arbeiten des botanischen Instituts in
Würzburg, Bd. ii. p. 719, 1882). The view "that the capacity of
revolving, on which most climbers depend, is inherent, though
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