 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 586 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made me think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....that here was a fine new field for investigation. During subsequent years, whenever I had leisure, I pursued my experiments, and my book on ' Insectivorous... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 570 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made me think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....that here was a fine new field for investigation. During subsequent years, whenever I had leisure, I pursued my experiments, and my book on ' Insectivorous... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 588 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made me think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....that here was a fine new field for investigation. During subsequent years, whenever I had leisure, I pursued my experiments, and my book on ' Insectivorous... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1887 - 420 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made me think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....as I found that the former alone excited energetic O movements, it was obvious that here was a fine new field for investigation. During subsequent years,... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1888 - 572 síður
...before, by a passing observation made during one of Darwin's rare holidays. " In the summer of 1860, I was idling and resting near Hartfield, where two...that here was a fine new field for investigation." (I, p. 95.) The researches thus initiated led to the proof that plants are capable of secreting a digestive... | |
 | William Parker Cutler - 1888 - 1034 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made me think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....that here was a fine new field for investigation. During subsequent years, whenever I had leisure, I pursued my experiments, and my book on ' Insectivorous... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1892 - 372 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made mo think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....that here was a fine new field for investigation. During subsequent years, whenever I had leisure, I pursued my experiments, and my book on Insectivorous... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1894 - 504 síður
...abound ; and I noticed that numerous insects had been entrapped by the leaves. I carried home s6me plants, and on giving them some insects saw the movements...that here was a fine new field for investigation." (I, p. 95.) The researches thus initiated led to the proof that plants are capable of secreting a digestive... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1896 - 580 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made me think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....that here was a fine new field for investigation. During subsequent years, whenever I had leisure, I pursued my experiments, and my book on ' Insectivorous... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1897 - 598 síður
...plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made me think it probable that the insects were caught for some special purpose....energetic movements, it was obvious that here was a f1ne new field for investigation. '•» <~ During subsequent years, whenever I had leisure, I pursued... | |
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I was idling and resting near Hartfield, where two species of Drosera abound; and I noticed that numerous insects had been entrapped by the leaves. I carried home some plants, and on giving them insects saw the movements of the tentacles, and this made... 
