RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863.05. Chinese Primrose / Table of observations. CUL-DAR108.54. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and 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).


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Chinese Primrose    May 1863

C. good seed.
   unfertilised.    23
   do  

White Bobbin    21 ✔    good
Black Thread    21 ✔    good
   do    25 ✔    goodish
White thread    53 ✔    very fine
Black threa    45 ✔    very fine
White bobbin    42 ✔    do
Black Thread    0 ✔    do
   do    20 ✔    fine
Black do    51 ✔    very fine
White. Thread    55 ✔    do
White Thread    38 ✔    fine
White Bobbin    54 ✔    very fine
White wool    69 ✔    moderate
White thread    54 ✔    finish
   do    33 ✔    very fine
White Bobbin    20 ✔    fine
Black worsted    36 ✔    poorish
White thread    55 ✔    pretty good
Black thread    23 ✔    very fine
Black wool    25 ✔    fine
White thread    0 ✔
Black wool    0 ✔
White Bobbin    55 ✔    very fine
Black Thread.    31 ✔
White Thread    60 ✔    smallish
Black wool    62 ✔    smallish
Black wool    53 ✔
White wool    36 ✔
Black thread    14 ✔
Black thread    22 ✔
Black thread    19 ✔
Black wool    0 ✔

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C. are homo. seedling plants (from no 3 long-styled by own pollen) crossed homomorphically: they were all long-styled: they are Grandchildren of first hom. union of long-styled; both generations homomorphically crossed.

(CC the same, but one plant had pistil rather shorter)


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