[A34a]

Euonymus July 26' 1864

I marked tree by Hedge of Stony Field.

8 Trees with aborted stamen covered with fruit, except one which had only a few.

5 4 trees with pollen all had a few pods — conspicuously few compared to adjoining queens — female tree.—

[in margin:] Here number about 9 [illeg] of 8 other [illeg] to [illeg] on pollen.

Sept 7th Fruits are red, better from observation; one of the 5 had only a dozen or two on whole tree — The other 4 had several dozen, but a single branch from female tree from 2- to 3 feet in length in each case produced more fruit, that all on whole large bush —

Beautiful gradation — Thyme — Euonymus. Holly / over

[A34av]

After showing simple gradation — Then give reason for suspecting from dimorphism & show by Pulmonaria (see account) how tha it is possible by to produce case like Thyme, long-styled becoming female & short-styled (of which pollen so well fertilises both forms) male— yet, I believe in this case not probable—