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Dec 22 common Bean 11 am to 11 40 finished

4 test control beans 8 blackened with of black grease all round at tip some 2 mm, some 3 mm; all marked with dot at 10 mm—

Dec 23 - 9. 30

One 3 mm black not bent, all others black & white slightly & about equally bent

10 45 Blackened all again making 2 mm. into 3

Oct Decr 24. 920 am

All 4 white ones bent clearly

4 black ones fairly horizontal

4 bent abt as much as white

The strt black ones have grown, 19, 16, 18 20?

Dec 25. 10. 5 am 3 out of 4 white ones nearly vertically down—

Only 2 black ones clearly more horizontal than the rest— No black ones quite as vertical as the white ones

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Dec 25 Horizontal common Beans Vicia

Two jars a & b with beans all marked with dot of grease at 10 mm & some greased for 3 mm at tip. Fixed horizontally in damp air

jar (a). 4 with black tips ("Black")

2 not ("white")

7. Black tip

jar (b) 3 black

2 white

7. Black tip

Examined 8.25 pm

jar a, one white much bent down, one another not perceptibly

3 blacks clearly bent the 4th one hardly bent

jar b one white very much, the other very little bent

2 blacks slightly one (the 3rd) hardly bent

Dec 26 8.40 am

jar a All both bk & white bent except 2 blacks, 2 Black bent which have nevertheless grown to 17 & 18 mm (the tips are 3 & 4 mm)

Now filled up jar a so that beans and roots wet.

jar b Both whites § well bent tho' not vertically.

*2 blacks slightly the 3rd hardly at all bent & is nevertheless 20 mm its tip being 4 to 5 mm

These two are 19 mm (tip 4 mm) 20 tip 5 § Both whites are 15 mm

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jars a + B

Horizontal beans

The forgoing ones same

De 27 1050 am

jar a — Black 1 has its grease washed off is 40º below horiz

Bk 2 20º below horizon & 20 mm in length (ie up to mark)

Bk 3 — 55º below

Bk 4 Horizontal— 20 mm long (to mark)

White i — 75º below — about 20 mm long

White ii 55º below

Dec 27 1040 am

jar b White i— 75º below 30 mm to mark from tip

White ii 55º below 25

Black 1 20º —          32 {That is what was 10 mm has grown to 30, 25, &c

[black] 2 25º — 29

Black 3 15º —          31 {The tips are now 6 or 7 mm, they were 3 mm

Dec 28 930 am

jar b still marked difference between black & white

jar a The two horizontal black beans have not perceptibly altered

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On comparing

Begin comparing young of animals with young of plants

Then since these precautions are needed the plant must be expose

The heliotrop & geotrop—

Then race & individual going on to onerious system & back to movements again as examples—

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Dec 29 Jars a + b Horizontal beans

Jar a

Jar a		tip	length m. m
Black 1	90º below		80-90	—NB { this had grown through the
2	25 —	4	20	black which had been partly
3	45º—		21	washed off
4	45 above		20
White i	78 below		20
ii	60 below		25

 

Jar b	below Hor	mm
White i—	70º—	66 long
White ii	60	31	tips
Black 1	15	47	20mm
—    2	30	38	20
—    3	20	39	?

Grese 90 [+] 25 [+] 45 [+] 15 [+] 30 [+] 20 [=] 225 [÷] 6 [=] 37.5
Control 78 [+] 60 [+] 70 [+] 60 [=] 268 [÷] 4 [=] 67º

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Beans {I think certainly Vicia} B1 B2 Dec 30 about 10 am

Beans germinated in peat on table, pinned to cork or stoppered bottle, 1, 2, 3, 4, only marked with 10 mm

5, 6, 7, 8, 9 also have 3 mm at tip blackened with grease — Put to grow in damp air on table in study

White 1 — 60 below horizon ← Exam 5. 40 pm

—"— 2 60—70

—"— 3 — 50.

White 4 — 5 above or Horizontal, but has grown to 12 mm

Blk 5 30 below

Blk 6 50

Bl 7 — 45º below

Bl 8 — 55º below

Bl 9 65º below

{Average of the white ones excluding No 4 is 55º average of black ones 49, so there is hardly any difference}

Dec 31 — 855 am

No 4 still horizontal The rest show nothing new

Jan 1 845 am. No difference between the whites & blacks— Owing to a mistake in my notes I am not sure whether all the beans where kept till Jan 1 or whether one jarful was thrown away on Dec 31. but I am nearly certain both were kept till Jan 1

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Horizontal Beans (Vicia)

(Radicles)

Jan 2. 11. 45 am

Germinated in peat; roots from 4 to 6 cm long: Those called "black" have 3 mm of the tip greased: all, "white" or "black" marked at 10 mm. In damp air on study table

Jar X

            at 11. 15 pm }

Black 1            — 8 below

— 2     — 8 above

— 3     — 10º below

— 4     — 0 —"—

White 5           — 5º —"—

White 6           — 5º —"—

Jan 3 10 20 am } The two white ones slightly hooked at tips, not so the blackened ones

Jan 4. 10 20 am } no difference to the eye between black & white, all but one bent down

Jar Y — ground glass edge & plate; beans in damp air — 2 black & 2 white fixed Jan 2. 12. 10 pm.

Examined 11.15 pm, one white is 40 below, all 3 others about horizontal

Jan 3 filled up with water

Jan 5. The two whites have not geotroped properly one being 15º below & the other 40º (?); while the marked pieces originally 10 mm have grown to 15mm & 19 mm.

(Grease Beans)