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DCP-LETT-10439

From:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Apr 1876
Source of text:
DAR 178: 178
Summary:

Encloses Pinguicula specimens.

Believes she has found a new species of water-lily.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10464

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
Date:
21 Apr [1876]
Source of text:
Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society
Summary:

Congratulations on finding water-lily.

Thanks for Pinguicula specimens.

Asks for reference to her article on Utricularia [see 10508].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10508

From:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 May 1876
Source of text:
DAR 178: 179
Summary:

Sends her article on Utricularia ["Is the valve of Utricularia sensitive?", Harper’s New Mon. Mag. 52 (1875): 382–7].

Proposes to write on Sarracenia ["Carnivorous plants of Florida", Harper’s New Mon. Mag. 53 (1876): 546–8, 710–14].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-10523

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
Date:
1 June 1876
Source of text:
Amy Nagashima (private collection)
Summary:

Thanks MT for her article ["Is the valve of Utricularia sensitive?", Harper’s New Mon. Mag. 52 (1875): 382–7]. Does not understand why he failed to detect movement [in Utricularia], but it appears from her observations that the valve is sensitive.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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