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Suggested reading

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  Contemporary writing Anon., The English matron: A practical manual for young wives, (London, 1846). Anon., The English gentlewoman: A practical manual for young ladies on their entrance to society, (Third edition, London, 1846). Becker, L. E.…

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  • … ,  (London, 1869). Treat, M., ‘ Is the valve of Utricularia sensitive? ’,  Harper’s New …

Insectivorous Plants

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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Plants that consume insects Darwin began his work with insectivorous plants in the mid 1860s, though his findings would not be published until 1875. In his autobiography Darwin reflected on the delay that…

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  • … most interested in: Drosera, Dionaea, Aldrovanda, and Utricularia. He also corresponded with …
  • … 2. What sorts of observations does Darwin make of Utricularia in Chapter 17 of his volume? What …
  • … a variety of carnivorous plants: sundews, venus fly traps, utricularia, and pitcher plants. Each …
  • … The students particularly enjoyed learning more about how utricularia capture their prey. After …
  • … I have been studying the bladder-bearing species of Utricularia off and on the last year, and am now …
  • … I have yet seen. If you don’t have access to utricularia or microscopes, this  video …

Darwin's 1874 letters go online

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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…

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  • … – he mourned after several weeks fruitless work on Utricularia (bladderwort). Yet he was …

Dipsacus and Drosera: Frank’s favourite carnivores

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In Autumn of 1875, Francis Darwin was busy researching aggregation in the tentacles of Drosera rotundifolia (F. Darwin 1876). This phenomenon occurs when coloured particles within either protoplasm or the fluid in the cell vacuole (the cell sap) cluster…

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  • … the tiny underwater traps of  Aldrovanda  and  Utricularia .  Drosera , however, was the …

Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year

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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…

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  • … pitcher-plant) to digest, comparing it with his own  Utricularia  (bladderwort; letter to J. D. …
  • … plants. The surgeon and botanist John Ralfs sent  Utricularia  from Cornwall, but Darwin was …
  • … several weeks in fruitless trials and observations on  Utricularia,  concluding: ‘The negative …
  • … Lady Dorothy Nevill supplied Darwin with a specimen of  Utricularia montana  to work on. At first, …
  • … the bladders and declared the hidden-fruited bladderwort ( Utricularia clandestina ) to be   the …

Insectivorous plants

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Darwin’s work on insectivorous plants began by accident. While on holiday in the summer of 1860, staying with his wife’s relatives in Hartfield, Sussex, he went for long walks on the heathland and became curious about the large number of insects caught by…

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  • … plants he worked on, Darwin spent the most time studying Utricularia (bladderworts). At first he …
  • … horticulturist Dorothy Nevill leant him a plant of Utricularia montana . Darwin realised he had …

Women as a scientific audience

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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  • … Nevill tells Darwin that she has sent samples of the Utricularia with bladders attached as …

Darwin in letters, 1875: Pulling strings

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‘I am getting sick of insectivorous plants’, Darwin confessed in January 1875. He had worked on the subject intermittently since 1859, and had been steadily engaged on a book manuscript for nine months; January also saw the conclusion of a bitter dispute…

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  • … Academy , 24 July 1875, by Ellen Frances Lubbock: ‘in Utricularia they are enticed into a trap with …
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