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].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
Sends reference on Pinguicula [for CD].
Asks WED to visit Winchester soon and collect Utricularia for him
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.
Describes leaf movements of Pinguicula and Drosera in capturing prey. Notes effects of ammonium carbonate on leaves.
Cobra poison is a stimulant to protoplasm. Poison acts very differently on cilia and protoplasm of Drosera.
Sends further details on Pinguicula reference.