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To H. N. Ridley   16 April [1877]

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Thanks for Saxifraga. CD had shown in Insectivorous plants [pp. 345–7] that this genus had some powers of absorption.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Henry Nicholas Ridley
Date:  16 Apr [1877]
Classmark:  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Letters to H. N. Ridley CLE–GUR, 1878–81: f. 43)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10931

From H. N. Ridley   15 April 1877

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Sends specimens of Saxifraga tridactylites with insects caught by it. Asks if colour of leaves attracts insects.

Author:  Henry Nicholas Ridley
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Apr 1877
Classmark:  DAR 86: B10–11
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10930
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