RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874].06.23. Amy gathered with great care 3 nice plants. CUL-DAR59.1.110. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).
"Ruck, Amy Richenda, 1850 Feb. 9-1876 Sept. 11. Daughter of Lawrence R. CD's daughter-in-law. Portrait in B. Darwin, Green memories, 1928, p. 14 and Evans ed., Darwin and women, 2017, p. 39. 1874 Jul. 23 Married Sir Francis Darwin as first wife. 1876 Sept. 11 A died in childbed. CD wrote "Poor Amy died; a most dreadful blow to us all", van Wyhe ed., 'Journal', (DAR158). R was staying at Holy Trinity, Corris, Gwynedd, Wales. 1876 Sept. 15 CD to G.W. Norman, "she was sweet and gentle". Francis Darwin had gone to North Wales for the funeral. CCD24:275." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021.)
Pinguicula is a genus of carnivorous plants known as butterworts. These notes are for Darwin, C. R. 1875. Insectivorous plants. London: John Murray. (F1217)
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Pinguicula
June 23d. Amy gathered with great care 3 nice plants each with many well developed leaves, & now plants are seeding, so ful well developed — yet each had only 5 or 6 simple short roots, the longest of which on any one plant was only 1.2 of an inch long! so like Drosera. — It appears that late in season they develop to much longer superficial roots, for such were put in a brown & decayed state apparently of a [illeg] ) were extended laterally from one of the plants.
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