RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1865. Standards / Cowslip-Poly. CUL-DAR108.142-145. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
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"Lettington, Henry, c.1822/3-c.1910. Gardener in 1851 census. 1854-79 Gardener at Down House. L of CD "He moons about in the garden, and I have seen him standing doing nothing before a flower for ten minutes at a time. If only he had something to do I believe he would be better". Lubbock, Darwin-Wallace celebrations of the Lin. Soc. of London, 1908, pp. 57-8. Helped CD in his experiments on the crossing of plants. More anecdotes on L at Down House in F. Darwin, Springtime and other essays, 1920, pp. 56-8. 1860s Photograph of L with William Brooks by William Darwin, Down House collection. Reproduced in Reeve, Down House, 2009, p. 23 and Browne, Power of place, facing p. 312. Mrs. Amy L was draper in the village. 1882 L was on "Personal Friends invited" list for CD's funeral. 1895 Jul. Alive." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A companion, 2021.)
(a
1865 Standards
Cowslip-Poly. (nat. fert.) growing along border to K. Garden— — Probably long- & short styled as a sort of standard. —
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average omitting two poor pods with less than 10 seed
(b
1865 Standards
All these self-fertilised by own pollen
Cowslip Pol. Het seed (no 9.) long-styled, 12 flowers fert with own-form pollen
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(C) (c
(1865 self-fertilised
All Homomorphic
Cowslip-Polyanth. Hom. seedling long-sty (from short-short styled)
(no I) (no 1.) 12 fl. fert with own pollen
29. small, but good
28. do
21 pretty good
25 do
do (No 2) a short-sty. (from short sty) fair plant produced not one pod, from 12 fl by own form pollen
do (No 4.) long-sty (from sh. sty) fine plant, produced not one pod from 12 fl. with own pollen
do (No 6.) long-sty (from sh-sty long long-styled) fair plant produced not one seed from 12 fl. with own-form pollen
Cowslip Poly (No 3.) long-sty from long-sty 12 fl. fert. with own-form pollen
19. 22.
do. (No 5.) long-sty. from long-sty. 12 fl. fert, with own pollen
5. 20.} small
16 very poor
32 goodish but small
22 small
16 very small
(over)
[cv]
The seeds from the Heteromorphic plants, though perhaps not more numerous, were, at least many of them, considerably larger, than all those from the Homomorphic plants, both by own pollen.—
(d
(1865)
Common Cowslip. Het. fertilised as standard; but Lettington evidently failed in fertilising them, as so many failed & doubt is thrown on all; they were fertilised too late.
Long-styled — 8 fl. fert & 1 set producing 23 seeds
Short-styled 8 fl. fert. — 3 set. producing
52 58 64 seed.
Fertilised by Homomorphically by (Homomorphic) Cowslip-Polyanth
long-styled 8 fl. fert, & 4 set producing 7 small & bad 6 goodish 5 good 14 good average 8.
short-styled 8 fl. fert & not one set.
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