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From Mary Treat   13 December 1872

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Drosera filiformis captures only small insects [but see 8989].

Writes of her experiments with butterflies.

CD’s theory steadily gains ground in the U. S., despite Agassiz.

Author:  Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  13 Dec 1872
Classmark:  DAR 58.1: 23–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8676

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  • … From Mary Treat   13 December 1872
  • … 2010 , p.  327. See letter to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 , and Correspondence vol.  19, …
  • … Mary) Davis/Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat Vineland, N.J. 13 Dec 1872 Charles Robert Darwin …
  • … and this volume, letter to Mary Treat, 5 January 1872 . The sex of bees was generally …

From Mary Treat   28 July 1873

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Reports in detail on her experiments with Drosera. Finds she was mistaken in thinking D. filiformis captured only small insects.

Author:  Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Davis; Mary Lua Adelia (Mary) Treat
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 July 1873
Classmark:  DAR 58.1: 30–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8989

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  • … vol.  20, letter from Mary Treat, 13 December 1872 . Asilus is a genus of robber-flies, …

From Francis Darwin   14 August [1873]

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Has found Lathyrus maritima on the cliffs near Barmouth.

Author:  Francis Darwin
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  14 Aug [1873]
Classmark:  DAR 274.1: 26
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-9009F

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  • Mary Treat, 12 August 1873 ). ‘Jim’ was a nickname for Horace Darwin (letter from Francis Darwin and Amy Ruck to Horace Darwin , [23 April 1873] (DAR 258: 790)). Amy had sent CD information on wormcastings in 1872 ( …
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Darwin in Conversation exhibition

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Meet Charles Darwin as you have never met him before. Come to our exhibition at Cambridge University Library, running from 9 July to 3 December 2022, and discover a fascinating series of interwoven conversations with Darwin's many hundreds of…

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  • … 9 July – 3 December 2022 Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University …