RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Weight...trial of number of small lot of poorer seed from Cattells. CUL-DAR108.79-80. 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
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).
"Cattell, John, 1786/7-1860. Nurseryman of Westerham, Kent. CD often ordered seeds and plants from C. Many records in CD's Account book (Down House MS). 1860 CD to Maxwell Masters, the nurseryman CD generally dealt with. CCD8:147." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)
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Weight
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I find 0.7.1 gr. of seed contains 94. seed ∴ 0.9 gr. of seed, contained by 4 capsules from short-styled by own pollen wd have contained 119 seed.
∴ each one of the 4 capsules must have contained 29.7 seed.—
This refers to trial of number of small lot of poorer seed from Cattells—
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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