e, fibrin, curds of milk, 

 5 fed, by placino- upon i 



, folds oM-r 



Avitliin t^venty hour's to envelope them; and when placed on :i 

 medial line, :i little below the a])ex, both margins incurve, lb- 

 conchides " tliat Pbxjuicula mdgoris^ with its small roots, is not 

 only supported to a hirsfe extent by the extraordinary number ot 

 insects wliich it habitually captures, l)ut likewise draws .on.e 

 nourishment from the ])ollen, leaves, and seeds of other plants, 

 which often adhere to its leaves. It is thert>fore partly a vege- 



other specii^s were found capable of irreater and more enduring 

 inflection, and the glands excitable to increased secretion even by 

 bodies not yieldincr soluble nitroo-enons matter. 



The aquatic type of this family is rtrlcularia ; and tlie bladder- 



i--^//./.ris to DioiHut iMu\ JJroi'ra—Xhe bladders imprisoning minute 

 aquatic animals, by a mechanism almost as ingenious as that of 

 l>io„ff<, itself ObserAations of the same kind were made in this 

 country by Mrs. Treat, of Vineland, New Jersey, before Mr. 

 Darwin's investigations were made known. These submerged 

 aquatic stomachs, ever deluged with water, apparently do not 

 really digest their caijtures, but merely absorb the products of 



Tlie same must in all probabil 



ity be said . 



>f such 



Pitcher 



as >><ti racenia and iJarliiigtonia 



, which Mr. 



Darwin 



merely : 



to at the close of his volume 1 



nit does not 





e. y.p 



however, according to Dr. IIoo 



iker^s invest 





ha^ at 



a liiirher dignity, and conver 



ted its i)it( 



•her *ii)t" 





This ^parallelism, 'and this hitrhei 



r and lower 



mode of 



a])i)r')p' 



organic ]>roducts by each of tl 



le three we 



ll-marke 





families of plants, are highlv suggestivi'. 







InconcliHiinnrthisnoticeofa 



book for wh 



ich we 



have 11. 



to do jnstice-i>ut which is s 





[1 the h: 



ui-:s of 



interested readers-there is som 





<aid in 





disco^ ery of the lure in so„.e . 







U> h: 



degrees to discover our discoverer^. In this .Journ: 



d. onlv 



back as the number for .Vu-ust 



, !S7:5, is :i , 



loticc ui 



the <lis 



ofa sweet secretion at the <.ritice 





.•ruf.V, 





bvMr. K. F. Grady, of Clinton, 



North C^u-(, 





the arti 



an OAersight called -.Mr. Hill' 



"., which d 



recthru 





their destruction. This staten.e 



nt, made in 



a letter. 



had b( 





litimr the o| 







tion, when an allusion to tl.e si 



im<' thino- ai 



Ipeared 



ill the !• 



edition of LeMaoutan<lDecaiMu 



>'s System ot 



IJotanv, 



uilhou 



ence to any source, and on inquiry we leani. 



L'd that 



the aul 





