RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1877.10.30]. Nephrodium molle / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation. CUL-DAR209.4.295-296. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2022. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR209.4 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).

Draft of Cross and self fertilisation in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin.

"Norman, Ebenezer, 1835/6-1923. 1854- Schoolmaster at Down and from 1856 and many years thereafter copyist for CD. 1856 Aug. 17 First payment for copying in CD's Account book (Down House MS). Many thereafter. CCD6:444. 1857 CD to Hooker, "I am employing a laboriously careful Schoolmaster". CCD6:443. 1858 CD to Hooker, "I can get the Down schoolmaster to do it [i.e. transcribe] on my return". CCD7:130. 1871 Banker's clerk in Deptford." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)

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Fig. 40

Nephrodium molle

young leaf of Fern

[figure pasted on] Fig. 40

(same scale no lettering)

Fig. 40 Nephrodium molle: circumnutation of very young leaf, frond traced kept traced in darkness; traced on horizontal glass, from 9º a.m to 9º P.m. Oct. 30th— Movement of bead magnified 48 times.

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Ipomoea

crossed plants of the last generation (Table 2.) again crossed, and from the self fertilised plants again self-fertilised, (n) were treated in all respects exactly as before, with the following result.

Table 3. (Third generation)

No. of Pot

Crossed Plants

Self-fertd: plants

I

74

56 4/8

[lower half of page excised]

[Cross and self fertilisation, pp. 31-32: "Crossed and self-fertilised Plants of the Third Generation.—Seeds from the crossed plants of the last generation (Table II.) again crossed, and from the self-fertilised plants again self-fertilised, were treated in all respects exactly as before, with the following result:—"]


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