RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1862. Wild Cowslips in Pots experimented on in greenhouse. CUL-DAR108.70. 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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Wild Cowslips in Pots, experimented on in greenhouse in Spring of 1862.
Short-styled — (stick)
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(Used in Lythrum paper)
(These were the products of the umbels which did not perish from the heat.)
50 crossed first homomorphically with cowslip & in 24° heterotrophically with polyanthus
48 59. do do do do do
Hybrids Primrose & Cowslips Cowslip by pollen of Primrose
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p. 76 Experiment Book gives record of what was tried.
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à What does J. Scott mean by saying that Polyanthus more fertile than Cowslip with Primrose?? See his Paper
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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