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To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 12 June 1874
Summary
JSBS’s article in Nature ["Venus’s fly-trap", 10 (1874): 105–7, 127–8] could not have been better done.
Has found another plant, Pinguicula, which can catch and digest flies.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 12 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9489 |
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 19 June 1874
Summary
Sends cartilage from cat’s ear, the elastic fibres of which will probably resist digestion [by Drosera]. Is preparing fibro-cartilage, which he expects will be digested easily. [See Insectivorous plants, p. 104.]
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 19 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 60–1 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9502 |
To J. S. Burdon Sanderson 21 June [1874]
Summary
Thanks for fibrin. Drosera and Pinguicula dissolve it thoroughly.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Date: | 21 June [1874] |
| Classmark: | University of British Columbia Library, Rare Books and Special Collections (Darwin - Burdon Sanderson letters RBSC-ARC-1731-1-2) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9504 |
From J. S. Burdon Sanderson 26 June [1874]
Summary
Is delighted to hear that Pinguicula and Drosera digest fibrin. Suggests diluting gluten in weak hydrochloric acid to remove starch. Enamel was nearly digested [by Drosera] overnight. Would like to try separating the digestive ferment of Pinguicula.
| Author: | John Scott Burdon Sanderson, 1st baronet |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 26 June [1874] |
| Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 144–5, 153–4 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9517 |
Author
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Addressee
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (2) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Correspondent
| Burdon Sanderson, J. S. | (4) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (4) |
