RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Orton, The Andes, etc / Draft of Insectivorous plants. CUL-DAR193.71. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/).
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Kees Rookmaaker, edited by John van Wyhe 3.2014. Corrections by Christine Chua 8.2022. RN3
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.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."
Orton, James. 1870. The Andes and the Amazon: or, Across the continent of South America. 3d ed. New York: Harper & Brothers. CUL-DAR.LIB.471 PDF ]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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