Lady Dorothy Nevill has no Dionaea.
CD anxious to talk with JDH about Utricularia.
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Lady Dorothy Nevill has no Dionaea.
CD anxious to talk with JDH about Utricularia.
Describes his observations on Utricularia montana.
Asks JDH to cut a bit of root from old Utricularia and bring it with him to Down.
Queries about species of Utricularia.
The Aldrovanda has arrived. Has examined the leaves. It is an aquatic Dionaea which has acquired some structures identical to those of Utricularia!
Forwards a letter reporting on a blow-fly trapped by a leaf of Dionaea; decomposition of fly has also decomposed the leaf. JDH has written asking for a strong plant, and explaining the case [of surfeit].
Thiselton-Dyer’s announcement of his inability to continue as JDH’s private secretary is a blow. He will now be doing original work. JDH is glad of that but the loss of his help is great.
CD’s Utricularia findings – bladders, subterranean roots, and insects decomposing in them – a grand discovery.
Information about various species of Utricularia.