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DCP-LETT-9514

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
25 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 164: 109
Summary:

Action of cobra poison.

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DCP-LETT-9516

From:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 67–8
Summary:

Identifies seeds adhering to leaves of Pinguicula [see Insectivorous plants, p. 369].

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DCP-LETT-9517

From:
John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
26 June [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 144–5, 153–4
Summary:

Is delighted to hear that Pinguicula and Drosera digest fibrin. Suggests diluting gluten in weak hydrochloric acid to remove starch. Enamel was nearly digested [by Drosera] overnight. Would like to try separating the digestive ferment of Pinguicula.

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DCP-LETT-9518

From:
Eliza Meteyard
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
27 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 171: 164
Summary:

Her memorial has passed and her civil list pension has been increased to £100 per annum for life.

Dr Johnson of Shrewsbury has R. W. Darwin letters.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9521

From:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 69–72
Summary:

Reports on results of experiments on effect of cobra poison on animal cilia and muscle.

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DCP-LETT-9485

From:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
8 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 58.1: 58–9
Summary:

Sends her observations on Dionaea capturing insects. [See Insectivorous plants, pp. 311–12.]

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DCP-LETT-9493

From:
Robert Francis Cooke; John Murray
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
16 June 1874
Source of text:
DAR 171: 439
Summary:

In doubt about size of printing of the 2d edition of Descent. Profit on 2000 at 12s would be only £250.

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