RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1864.05.20. Bignonia buxifolia in Hothouse. CUL-DAR157.1.116. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2023. RN1
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The volumes CUL-DAR157.1-2 contain notes, abstracts etc. for Darwin's long paper and later book Climbing plants (1865). It was also commercially available as a softbound offprint, F834, F834a. See R. B. Freeman's bibliographical introduction. Items CUL-DAR157.1.11-60 were in a folder marked "Twiners". Items CUL-DAR157.1.61-112 were in a folder marked "Leaf-climbers" and items CUL-DAR157.1.114-147 were in a folder marked "Tendrils". Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
[116]
1864.
Bignonia buxifolia.
in Hothouse — against sun
May 20' 2°. 35'
― 2° 9'.
― 1° 35'} very small shoots after plants cut down.
[calculations not transcribed] (average 2°. 6')
I find that rubbing on under side of t. does cause it after some time to be slowly depressed. —
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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