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Long-styled Cowslip—Pot. — 1866

Marked C. in Greenhouse — Plants from a Hom. plant— so that 2 generations of Hom. union: or grandchildren of first. Hom: union — Six plants preserved & 25 flowers fertilised by pollen of own flower. (see note about state of pollen, where I enumerate how many came long-styled.)

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16.3 seed per pod & 60/1000 pods set—

Some of All the plants were more sterile than others & produced no some capsules. —

We see in comparison with p. 2. that there has been no decrease, but rather an increase in all ways in fertility in comparison with last generation; though flowers fert by pollen of same flower. — Cultivation in the greenhouse may have done something, as every injurious cause was checked & they were very healthy