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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Heteromorphic cowslip-polyanthus fertilised in spring of 1864. CUL-DAR108.148. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN2

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 volumes CUL-DAR108-111 contain material for Darwin's book Forms of flowers (1877).

"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.)

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Heteromorphic cowslip-polyanthus fertilised in spring of 1864

Plants 7 & 8 both short styled.

White thread Heteromorphic union	Black thread Homomorphic own pollen	Black wool pollen of equal-styled red-cowslip
52. 33 33 47 45 54 31 0 0 7 good pods [=] 295 [÷] 7 [=] 42.1average	5. 19 7 37 5 24 29 34 27 16 0 10 good [=] 203 [÷] 10 [= 20.3] average	16. 0 14 10 11 33 5 good pod & 6 fertilised [=] 84 [÷] 5 [=] 16.8 average

Plants 9 & 11 both long-styled; but many umbels died & I do not know what to think

White thread	Black thread	Black wool. (equal-styled red cowslip, seedling from Scott.—)
39 25 30 } + 29 in Bag ? loose seed apparently from these 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 fertilised. [=] perhaps 40.7 average	10 7. 8 } umbel withered. 50 ?? (pollen must have got on) 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 fertilised [=] average 20.2	all set 17 17 0 11. 16 25 57!!! x——N.B I remember one of Red Cowslips was not equal-styled & thus perhaps was used by Lettington

These two plants too poor for average.

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)