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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Marriott Canby
Date:
19 Feb 1873
Source of text:
The Society of Natural History of Delaware
Summary:

CD would like to know what were the sizes of insects caught by the older leaves of Dionaea.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
William Marriott Canby
Date:
7 May 1873
Source of text:
Natural History Society of Delaware
Summary:

Thanks for the Dionaea leaves. They support CD’s anticipation that they are adapted to let the smaller fry escape [see Insectivorous plants, p. 312].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project