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Long-styled Cowslip-Pol.— 1866

Marked C. in Greenhouse — Plants from a Hom. plants— 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.)

17. [+] 10 [+] 16 [+] 15 [+] 6 {Black musty & bad [+] 19 poor [+] 28 [+] 19 [+] 21 [+] 20 [+] 15 [+] 18 [+] 15 [+] 8 [+] 17 [+] 7 [=] 245    good capsules 245 [÷] 15 [=] 16.3 seed per pod & 60/100 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 & thy were very healthy