From D. F. Nevill 16 [September 1874]1
Dangstein, Petersfield
16th
My dear Sir
I am so pleased and gratified by your photo received safely this morning—2 We looked particularly at the U— we sent you and if you remove the moss you will find the bladders at the footstalks—which I think are what you want The Gardener shewed them me before sending off the plant to you so I do hope you will find what you require—3 We did not in the least require the Drosera to be returned—4 We have put on 4 leaves of the D Capensis bits of meat the leaves immediately curled up and after 4 days the bits of meat disappeared— we placed earth and moss on other leaves but there was no effect whatsoever5 We placed bits of white grissle in a pitcher of Nepenthes Rafflesiana—and another kind—and they have both been materially lessened but more so in the pitcher that contained the most fluid—6
If you would only pay us a visit here you would find an immense field for experiments and it would give us the greatest pleasure to see you— Do you know anything of the enclosed vegetable snails—and worms— They are from America—and perhaps might interest you I fear there is no chance of our getting you down here but pray remember that if at any time we can help you with specimens we shall be truly glad to do so We leave this on the 28th for about 10 days
believe me | Ys obliged | D Nevill
Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
CD should remove packing moss, and he will find bladders in foot-stalks of Utricularia DN sent.
Experimenting on insectivorous plants.
Implores CD to visit.
Thanks for photograph.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9642
- From
- Dorothy Fanny Walpole/Dorothy Fanny Nevill
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Dangstein, Petersfield
- Source of text
- DAR 172: 21
- Physical description
- ALS 5pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9642,” accessed on 26 September 2022, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9642.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 22