From W. M. Canby 22 April 1873
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.
Ap. 22nd 1873
Dear Sir,
In company with Prof. Gray I spent one day last week looking up Dionæa at Wilmington, North Carolina.1
We brought away quite a number of plants and from my portion I have cut all the leaves that I could find that had prey in them and now enclose them in this for your inspection deeming this better than sending you any notes I might have taken.2
It is so much earlier than I had expected to have gone that old or full grown leaves are still rare.3 I therefore think that some allowance must be made as regards the size of the insects captured.
Knowing how extensive and even troublesome your correspondence must be, I do not wish you to feel obliged to acknowledge this or any other communication I may make on account of mere courtesy. But if I can serve you in any way I shall be happy to be informed of it.
With great respect I am | Very truly | Yours, | Wm M. Canby
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Footnotes
Bibliography
Insectivorous plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1875.
Summary
Sends leaves of Dionaea with insect prey in them. Size of insects captured may be affected by leaves not being fully grown.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-8871
- From
- William Marriott Canby
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Wilmington, Del.
- Source of text
- DAR 58.1: 26–7
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 8871,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-8871.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 21