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To J. D. Hooker   6 November [1873]

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I would suggest to remove by pipe about 12 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

This letter was published in Correspondence vol. 21 from a copy at CUL; the original was later found at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Hooker was experimenting on the digestive powers of the tropical pitcher-plant, Nepenthes (see Correspondence vol. 21, letter to J. D. Hooker, 3 November [1873]).

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
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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

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