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Taste — Leaves

On July 20 [1880] placed on both Pots leaves of cabbages, horse-radish & onion; also of Thyme, mint, sage & artemisia — The 3 first attacked & more or less gnawed during several successive days up to July 26th — onion apparently most popular, the Horse-radish & then cabbage —

[These experiments are cited in Earthworms, pp. 33ff.]

26th — the 4 last narrow leaves not touched —

28th & 29th mint a little torn or gnawed Ivy not touched perhaps too tough —

Aug 7th The 4 last removed leaves not touched

Aug 11th do — 22 days

Aug 6th put fresh & 1/2 withered leaves of Turnip, cabbage & sea-kale — worms began at night to root on them; by 11th large portions removed, except sea-kale hardly touched, perhaps too tough

(Many ivy leaves placed long ago some fresh ones & some withered ones, & none have been as yet at least gnawed, though withered ones dragged to holes — bears on Ramsay's case.)

Fresh ivy leaves seen now to be touched, but when decayed leaves are drawn in holes, they are digested — vessels alone left.

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Sept 8th [1880] Young Ivy leaf which was 1/2 rotten from having been kept in water now has parenchyma gnawed away on one side — Too hard for worms until rotted

Sept 19th I am now certain that they prefer greatly fresh wild cherry-leaves to those fresh of Corylus & Lime.

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