From S. B. Herrick 12 February 1876
Summary
Inquires whether insectivorous habit in plants supplements or replaces the normal method of plant nutrition.
| Author: | Sophie McIlvaine Bledsoe (Sophie) (Bledsoe) Herrick |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 12 Feb 1876 |
| Classmark: | DAR 166: 189 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10390 |
To S. B. Herrick 6 March 1876
Summary
CD came to believe Drosera drew its nourishment from insects because it grows where no other plants survive. Doubts glands are modified stomata.
Suggests works by Grönland and Trécul.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Sophie McIlvaine Bledsoe (Sophie) (Bledsoe) Herrick |
| Date: | 6 Mar 1876 |
| Classmark: | University of Virginia Library, Special Collections (3314 1: 61 MSS 3361-a) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10415 |
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List of correspondents
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Below is a list of Darwin's correspondents with the number of letters for each one. Click on a name to see the letters Darwin exchanged with that correspondent. "A child of God" (1) Abberley,…
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Darwin in letters, 1876: In the midst of life
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- … I cannot bear to think of the future The year 1876 started out sedately enough with …
