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Show moreDarwin has never before seen the Utricularia Neville has sent. Hooker had told him about it. Asks that her gardener observe young Utricularia. Darwin is interested in internal structure of little balls on bladders. Also sends photograph [not included]. Transcription: "Sept. 12" [.1874] Down, Beckenham, Kent. Dear Lady Dorothy Neville I have never seen the [] of which Dr. Hooker told me + which I am nearly sure is the one which you have so very kindly sent me; + therefore I do not know what the bladders are like. From analogy I suppose that they are little globular bodies borne on separate footstalks. All that I can see on the young plant sent to me, are slight swellings in the footstalks of the leaves. Dr. Hooker will be here in a fortnight, + then I will consult him. It would be a very great kindness if you would tell your head gardener to look at the young plants, as they grow a little taller + observe whether any little balls or bladders are produced on little short footstalks, + if so let me see the plants. Whether with my indifferent means + ignorant gardener I shall succeed in growing the [], I know not. I have much pleasure in enclosing my photograph. Your Siamese cat must be a vy curious animal. Pray believe me your ladyship Most truly obliged Ch. Darwin P.S. I shd guess that the 10-celled bladders on your [] wd be about as big as one or two pin's head, + carried on a short" Letter sent from Down, Beckenham, Kent, England
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