RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Orton, The Andes, etc / Draft of Insectivorous plants. CUL-DAR193.71. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/).
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, edited by John van Wyhe 3.2014. Corrections and notes by Christine Chua 8.2022. RN2
NOTE: Orton, James. 1870. The Andes and the Amazon. New York: Harper & Brothers.
Reproduced with the permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR193 contains notes for Darwin's book Variation under domestication (1865-75).
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Orton. The Andes p. 107. Geese refusing to propagate in the Andes.
(V. under Dom. vol. 2, p. 162. Top of page.
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[Insectivorous plants, p. 220: "Vapour of Nitric Ether.—This vapour seems more injurious than that of sulphuric ether. A plant was exposed for 5 m. in a 12-oz. vessel to eight drops in a watch-glass, and I distinctly saw a few tentacles curling inwards before the glass was removed. Immediately afterwards bits of meat were placed on three glands, but no movement ensued in the course of 18 m."]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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