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DCP-LETT-9527F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:
[1–3 July 1874]
Source of text:
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 23 (1874–5): 274
Summary:

Cobra poison is a stimulant to protoplasm. Poison acts very differently on cilia and protoplasm of Drosera.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9525F

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Erasmus Darwin
Date:
1 July [1874]
Source of text:
Heritage Auctions (dealers) (11 May 2017)
Summary:

Asks WED to visit Winchester soon and collect Utricularia for him

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9527

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
Date:
1 July 1874
Source of text:
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Carnivorous Plants)
Summary:

Describes leaf movements of Pinguicula and Drosera in capturing prey. Notes effects of ammonium carbonate on leaves.

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