RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Seeding Red Long-styled Primroses from J. Scott. CUL-DAR108.97-98. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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).

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Seedling Red Long-styled Primroses from J. Scott — 1865
 (Used)

White Th. pollen from long-styled common P.

White Wool pollen from short-styled common P.

Black Th. pollen from same plant

Self-fert.

 

No' 2. a rather weak Plant

 

 

 

Stigma a little below mouth of corolla— stamen as in others Plant rather weak

58 [+] 39. [+] 47 [+] 37 [+] 48 [+] 38 [+] 43 [+] 51 [+] 20 9/12 fl fert.

33 [+] 53 5 fl fert.

9. 12 fl fert.

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 13.

 

 

 

stigma high above mouth of corolla

23. [+] 11. 8 fl. fert

13. [+] 27. [+] 32. 5 fl. fert

8 fl. fert.

none

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nor. 12.

 

 

 

yellow flowers

37. [+] 12 8 fl fert 6 fl

44 [+] 51 [+] 45. [+] 21. [+] 9. [+] 40 5 fl fert 5 fl

5. [+] 12. [+] 6. 6 fl 8 fl fert 6 fl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(No 15)

 

 

 

Yellow sickly Plant (Omit this plant)

37 6 fl

none fert

6 fl. fert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(No. 20)

(No' 20)

 

Yellow

 

44 [+] 50 [+] 47 [+] 48 [+] 48. 6 fls

none

13. [+] 14. 6 fl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(No 14 none

 

 

Purple

25 [+] 29. [+] 51. [+] 54. 9 fl

 

12. [+] 8. 9 fl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No 18

 

 

 

14 [+] 18 [+] 35. 6 fls

none

6 fl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(No' 19)

 

 

rather weak plant

48. [+] 3. [+] 47. [+] 19.

none

17. 6 fl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No 10

 

 

 

62. [+] 48 2 fls

none

2 fls

 

 

 

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Red Primroses (1865)


Black Thread — pollen from same plant.
White Thread — pollen from long-styled Common Primrose
White Wool — pollen from short-styled common P.

(Used)

Black Thread

White Tread

White wool

2.º

|||||||||||| (done) 12

|||||||||||| done 12

||||| (12. flowers) (done) 5

3.x

||||||||||| (done) 11

||||||||||| 1 more (11)

||||| (done) 5

8.º

|||||| (done) 6

|||||| 1 more 6

||||| (done) 5

10º

|| 1 more 2

|| (done) 2

 

12º yellow

|||||| 2 more 6

|||||| 5 more 6

|||||| (5 more (done) 5

13.x

|||||||| 2 more on (8)

|||||||| 4 more 8

||||| (3 more) (done) 5

14.x

||||||||| (done) 9

||||||||| 7 more 9 (done)

 

18x

(very little pollen) |||||| 3 more 6

|||||| (done) 6

 

19x

|||||| (done) 6

|||||| 2 more 6 (done)

 

  

 

 

 

15x yellow

|||||| 2 more 6

|||||| 2 more 6

 

20º yellow (like No 12)

|||||| 6 flower 6

|||||| 6 flower 6

 

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