From:
Robert Lawson (Lawson) Tait
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 June [1875]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 7
Summary:
Paralysis of the nervous system of Dionaea. Uses of tails of mice.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Paralysis of the nervous system of Dionaea. Uses of tails of mice.
May publish a lecture on insectivorous plants and would like to dedicate it to CD.
Wishes to become an F.R.S.
Has separated out a pepsin-like substance from the secretion of Drosera, which he proposes to call "Droserin".
Intends sending a paper containing some of his histological work [see "Freezing process for section-cutting; … staining and mounting sections", J. Anat. & Physiol. 9 (1875): 249–58].
Is waiting impatiently for the appearance of CD’s book [Insectivorous plants].
Insectivorous plants: the means and site of absorption of digested animal matter. [Newspaper clipping enclosed.]
An article on RLT’s lecture on insectivorous plants has appeared; the author adopts an anti-Darwinian attitude [see "Flower traps", Spectator 19 June 1875, pp. 784–5; RLT’s reply in Spectator 26 June 1875, pp. 816–17.]