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DCP-LETT-9554

From:
William Erasmus Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[19? July 1874]
Source of text:
Cornford Family Papers (DAR 275: 53); DAR 58.1: 135–6
Summary:

WED encloses a letter from H. M. Wilkinson about Utricularia and sundew.

H. M. Wilkinson has examined bladders of Utricularia; doubts that they absorb or digest insects.

H. M. Wilkinson describes dragonfly trapped by sundew [Drosera].

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FL-0355

From:
Darwin, Reginald
To:
Darwin?, G. H.
Date:
25 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 210.14: 5
Summary:

No summary available.

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FL-0356

From:
Darwin, G. H.
To:
Galton, E. S.
Date:
25 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 210.14: 6
Summary:

No summary available.

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FL-0357

From:
Galton, E. S.
To:
Darwin, Emma
Date:
27 July [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 210.14: 7
Summary:

No summary available.

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FL-0358

From:
Galton, E. S.
To:
Darwin, G. H.
Date:
30 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 210.14: 8
Summary:

No summary available.

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FL-1029

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Leonard
Date:
7 July [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 239.23: 1.19
Summary:

No summary available.

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FL-1030

From:
Darwin, Emma
To:
Darwin, Leonard
Date:
29 July [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 239.23: 1.20
Summary:

No summary available.

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FL-1182

From:
Litchfield, H. E.
To:
Darwin, G. H.
Date:
2 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 245: 301
Summary:

No summary available.

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FL-1456

From:
Litchfield, H. E.
To:
Darwin, Leonard
Date:
24 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 258: 1639
Summary:

No summary available.

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DCP-LETT-13796

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
[after 23 July 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 211: 9
Summary:

Asks for a specimen of Pinguicula.

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DCP-LETT-9522

From:
John Price
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[27 July 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 143
Summary:

Has some Utricularia minor for CD. Has found the bladders on U. vulgaris are not floats.

Thanks CD for book [Descent, 2d ed.].

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DCP-LETT-9525

From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Emma Wedgwood; Emma Darwin
Date:
[before 1 July 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 138
Summary:

Sends reference on Pinguicula [for CD].

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DCP-LETT-9526

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
1 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 103: 200–1
Summary:

Has "given the slip" to Nepenthes, but is setting a plant up in an enclosure for special observation.

Has some splendid Sarracenia and will perform any miracle regarding them CD puts him up to.

Charmed with CD’s account of Pinguicula. Would like to try whether Lychnis has the same use of viscid fluid.

Has written for English Utricularia for CD.

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DCP-LETT-9528

From:
Lucy Caroline Wedgwood; Lucy Caroline Harrison
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[1 July 1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 138v
Summary:

Sends further details on Pinguicula reference.

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DCP-LETT-9529

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
2 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 95: 322–3
Summary:

Thinks Frank and he have worked out Pinguicula well and they long to attack Utricularia. Tried several plants with sticky glandular hairs; some few absorb ammonia, but the greater number do not. If JDH sends plant or seed of Lychnis CD will examine it to see whether it catches many flies. Asa Gray has written him much about Sarracenia, with a specimen showing the splendid dodge by which ground insects are enticed up and then drowned. Describes how it may be investigated, to see whether it absorbs decayed matter from flies, or ammonia thus generated.

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DCP-LETT-9530

From:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 103: 202–3
Summary:

Sends results of his observations on Nepenthes. Would be grateful for any hints for further observations.

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DCP-LETT-9532

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
4 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 95: 324–5
Summary:

It would be interesting to prove that some plants feed on decayed animal matter whilst others like Drosera can digest fresh animal matter. Suggests the method for observing this.

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DCP-LETT-9533

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:
4 July [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 104
Summary:

Suggests experiment involving cobra poison on white corpuscles. Thanks for offer of Crotalus poison.

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DCP-LETT-9534

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
6 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 164: 110
Summary:

Will do experiments CD suggests.

Is sending his book on the poisonous snakes of India [The Thanatophidia of India (1872)].

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DCP-LETT-9534G

From:
Amy Richenda (Amy) Ruck; Amy Richenda (Amy) Darwin
To:
Francis Darwin
Date:
6 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 59.1: 71
Summary:

Information about insects on Pinguicula leaves.

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