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DCP-LETT-9531

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
4 July [1874]
Source of text:
Linnean Society of London (LS Ms 299/23)
Summary:

Has read THF’s article on Coronilla [see 9400] – "a very curious case"; is troubled by C. emerus.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9533

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet
Date:
4 July [1874]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 104
Summary:

Suggests experiment involving cobra poison on white corpuscles. Thanks for offer of Crotalus poison.

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Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-9532

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
4 July 1874
Source of text:
DAR 95: 324–5
Summary:

It would be interesting to prove that some plants feed on decayed animal matter whilst others like Drosera can digest fresh animal matter. Suggests the method for observing this.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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