RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874-1875]. Draft leaf of Insectivorous plants, Utricularia. LINSOC-DWC.2.15. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Catalogued, transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Linnean Society of London and William Huxley Darwin. LINSOC-DWC.2 consists of an album of draft leaves of Darwin's books, Earthworms, Insectivorous plants, Cross and self fertilisation, Expression, and Power of movement deposited by The Charles Darwin Trust.
The text of the draft corresponds to Insectivorous plants, pp. 413, 417-418.
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So I irrigated them by
under trial, & keeping the slides in a damp afterwards station them afterwards reexamined them with the same power and as before.)
namely No. 8 of Hartnack: the bladders, however, are sure to perish within a moderately short time when thus treated. I will therefore give only an abstract of my the results.
(I first tried, as a counter experiment in the manner just described, four bladders with a solution of 2 gr. of gum arabic to one oz of water, & two bladders with a
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[mathematical notes by George Darwin]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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