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March 1868. Correspondence vol. 16. Editor of The Field, the Farm, the Garden, the Country Gentleman's Newspaper. Thurber G. 245. Broadway New York Editor of American Agriculturalist newspaper George Thurber. Listed above. Tait William C. Oporto, Portugal. William Chester Tait (1844-1928), British-born merchant, landowner, horticulturist, and sportsman in Portugal (Correspondence). Tylor E. B. Linden Wellington, Somerset. Edward Burnett Tylor (1832-1917), anthropologist. Translation. Universal
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rare plant has been found only in Portugal, and, as I hear from Dr. Hooker, in Morocco. I obtained living specimens through the great kindness of Mr. W.C. Tait, and afterwards from Mr. G. Maw and Dr. Moore. Mr. Tait informs me that it grows plentifully on the sides of dry hills near Oporto, and that vast numbers of flies adhere to the leaves. This latter fact is well-known to the villagers, who call the plant the fly-catcher, and hang it up in their cottages for this purpose. A plant in my hot
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rare plant has been found only in Portugal, and, as I hear from Dr. Hooker, in Morocco. I obtained living specimens through the great kindness of Mr. W.C. Tait, and afterwards from Mr. G. Maw and Dr. Moore. Mr. Tait informs me that it grows plentifully on the sides of dry hills near Oporto, and that vast numbers of flies adhere to the leaves. This latter fact is well-known to the villagers, who call the plant the fly-catcher, and hang it up in their cottages for this purpose. A plant in my hot
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F1238
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Darwin, C. R. 1876. Insectenfressende Pflanzen. Translated by J. V. Carus. Stuttgart: Schweizerbart. Ch. Darwin's gesammelte Werke. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von J. Victor Carus. Autorisirte deutsche Ausgabe, vol. 8.
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. — Diese seltene Pflanze ist nur in Portugal und, wie ich von Dr. Hooker höre, in Marocco gefunden worden. Ich erhielt lebende Exemplare durch die grosze Freundlichkeit des Herrn W. C. Tait, und später durch Herrn G. Maw und Dr. Moore. Herr Tait theilt mir mit, dasz sie sehr zahlreich an den Abhängen trockener Berge in der Nähe von Oporto wächst und dasz eine ungeheure Zahl von Fliegen an den Blättern hängt. Diese letztere Thatsache ist den Bauern wohl bekannt, welche die Pflanze Fliegenfänger
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Darwin, C. R. 1888. Insectivorous plants. 2d ed. Revised by Francis Darwin. London: John Murray.
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rare plant has been found only in Portugal, and, as I hear from Dr. Hooker, in Morocco. I obtained living specimens through the great kindness of Mr. W. C. Tait, and afterwards from Mr. G. Maw and Dr. Moore. Mr. Tait informs me that it grows plentifully on the sides of dry hills near Oporto, and that vast numbers of flies adhere to the leaves. This latter fact is well known to the villagers, who call the plant the fly-catcher, and hang it up in their cottages for this purpose. A plant in my hot
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