RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Draft of Primula, folio 246. CUL-DAR110.A12r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2023. RN1
NOTE: 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). See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here.
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(Primula)
was first fertilised by pollen taken from
ong-styled forms; & the long-styled
union again fertilised with
The grandchildren thus raised,
were carefully sel cultivated
st in the greenhouse were very
but when turned out of doors were
became considerably sterile. The
of fertilisation was continued from
generations; & the gr. gr. grandchildren
to detract will be [illeg] given as long as they were
which kept in carefully treated & kept
fertile so that I cannot avoid
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