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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life

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1876 was the year in which the Darwins became grandparents for the first time.  And tragically lost their daughter-in-law, Amy, who died just days after her son's birth.  All the letters from 1876 are now published in volume 24 of The Correspondence…

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  • … Treat, who published her work on the yellow pitcher-plant, Sarracenia variolaris , in Harper’s …

Darwin’s hothouse and lists of hothouse plants

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Darwin became increasingly involved in botanical experiments in the years after the publication of Origin. The building of a small hothouse - a heated greenhouse - early in 1863  greatly increased the range of plants that he could keep for scientific…

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  • … Disa Vinca-like Plant Drosera 14 Sarracenia— Nepenthes Asclepias— …
  • …       Sarracenia viriolaris 31     …
  • … 30.  ‘micro?’ interlined in ink. 31.  Sarracenia variolaris. 32.  Jasminum pauciflorum …
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