From:
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
To:
Sir Henry Barkly
Date:
4 June 1874
Source of text:
JDH/2/3/1 f.222-224, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Hooker Project
No summary available.
Discusses effects of water on movement of insectivorous plants.
Has just found that Pinguicula can digest albumen.
Asa Gray writes that Sarracenia secretes trail of fluid to attract insects [see 9455].