To J. D. Hooker 6 November [1873]
[Down]
I would suggest to remove by pipe about fluid from a pitcher, & then add 2 or 3 drops of infusion of raw meat. After 24o test for acid.— remove by sucking pipe all fluid,— sacrifice the pitcher & compare the glands of very same pitcher (for aggregation) which had & had not received any of the infusion.—1
C. Darwin
Nov. 6th
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Summary
Suggests experiment and observations to carry out on pitcher [of Nepenthes].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9134
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Joseph Dalton Hooker
- Sent from
- Down
- Postmark
- NO 6 | 73
- Source of text
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (JDH/3/6 Insectivorous plants 1873–8 f.5)
- Physical description
- ApcS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9134,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9134.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21