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May 26 — 1862— a few Pods — Chinese Primroses; brought me by Mr Horwood

(N. B. I have counted all the seeds, except the very small & manifestly bad.) The empty pods not brought & there were many

Horwoods seedlings: thumb-eyed or mid-styled (picked pods by Mr Horwood)

These no doubt were so far picked as the upper Ducks were, so that none with no seed were brought

Duck seedlings    Thumb-eyed i.e mid-styled.

45 [+] 23 [+] 24 [+] 47 [+] 6. [+] 61 [+] 46 [+] 56 [+] 53.

(1 plant kept in my Greenhouse) 42 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 6 [+] 3 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 3 [+] 0 [+] 7 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 2 [+] 1 [+] 0 [+] 5 [+] 0 [+] 0 [+] 3    (more fertilised, from position of stigma in some degree, but generally very sterile)

42 [+] 31 [+] 25 [+] 29 [+] 29 [+] 34 [=] 180 [÷*] 6 [=] 30

  Ducks seedlings pin eyed

34 [+] 15 [+] 41 [+] 0 [+] 34 [+] 61 [+] 26 [+] 7 [+] 25 [+] 20    X— Horwoods seedlings

1 plant greenhouse 31 [+] 25 [+] 29 [+] 13 [+] 19 [+] 34    (15 pods)

(Midstyled)  

 X Horwoods seedlings: thumb-eyed or mid-styled (picked pods by Mr Horwood)

57 [+] 60 [+] 42 [+] 54 [+] 48 [=] 261    261 [+] 72 [+] 38 [+] 62 [=] 433    (438 [÷*] 8 [=] 54.8) average

These no doubt were so far picked as the upper Ducks were, so that none with no seed were brought

 Horwoods seedlings 4 plants kept in my Greenhouse

33 [+] 39 [+] 56 [+] 43 [+] 30 [+] 56 [+] 47 [+] 37 [+] 70 /max [+] 61 [=] 472

38 [+] 19 [+] 6(1) [+] 0 [+] 55 [+] 39 [+] 20 [+] 9(2) [+] 44 [+] 21 [=] 251

5(3) [+] 13 [+] 11 [+] 12 [+] 37 [+] 0 [+] 44 [+] 55 [+] 0 [+] 50 [=] 227

472 [+] 251 [+] 227 [=] 950 [÷] 30 [=] 31 2/3    average production 32 this is same as homomorphic!! But if the 3 pods pods with beneath 9 excluded average is 38

(see Back for average)

( Back )

Horwoods seedlings 4 plants kept in my greenhouse

N. B. These plants not covered, but then there were very few others. Ducks the same— The other were plants which had flowered & were picked

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Horwood seedling

Black worsted. 30 22 45 31

White worsted 29

(This tells nothing)

If anything favouring

The far greater number of pods of Horwoods were then set where all the plants were long-styled & mid-styled ie all short stamens & therefore could not have been crossed. The vast number of pods may be accounted for by young flowers getting their own pollen. These pods of same kind, some few empty all 180 in number borne by only 4 plants!!!

see p 7 of M S in Primula about Horwoods

(Primula)