To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 4 June 1874
Summary
Discusses effects of water on movement of insectivorous plants.
Has just found that Pinguicula can digest albumen.
Asa Gray writes that Sarracenia secretes trail of fluid to attract insects [see 9455].
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 4 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 8–9) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9481 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 9 June 1874
Summary
Did not know cabbage contained so much nitrogen.
Pinguicula more excited by seeds than Drosera. Asks for information about Pinguicula.
Asks name of weed.
Asks to borrow Utricularia plant.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 9 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 10) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9486 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 23 June 1874
Summary
Has found Pinguicula excited by bits of leaves; appears to digest leaves and seeds. Plant not only insectivorous but graminivorous. Asks WTT-D to identify seeds.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 23 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 12–13) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9508 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 26 June 1874
Summary
Thanks for letter and seeds.
Asks that Hooker return references about plants eating insects.
Discusses Pinguicula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 26 June 1874 |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 14–15) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9515 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 24 [June 1874]
Summary
Describes how Pinguicula captures insects.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 24 [June 1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 16–17) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9562 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 27 [June 1874]
Summary
Thanks for letter on Erica tetralix.
Identification of leaves digested by Pinguicula.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 27 [June 1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 18) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9566 |
To W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 28 [June 1874]
Summary
Must stop work on "bloom" and leaf movements if he is ever to get anything published on Drosera, etc.
Sends thanks for seeds. Encloses memorandum in case WTT-D wishes to communicate information to Royal Horticultural Society. Has not time to prepare article.
Discusses condition of plants borrowed from Kew.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | William Turner Thiselton-Dyer |
| Date: | 28 [June 1874] |
| Classmark: | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Thiselton-Dyer, W. T., Letters from Charles Darwin 1873–81: 19–22) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9571 |
