RECORD: Darwin, C. R. & Emma Darwin. 1864.03.09-16. Lapagerea rosea. CUL-DAR157.1.22. 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.
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Lapagerea Rosea. Mar. 64—
Moves with Sun; in greenhouse first circle Mar 7. not complete in 26°—
Mar 9. completed 26°. 15'
Mar 10. Semi circle 8°. 15' = 16°. 30'
Mar 11 circle in 11°
Mar 12. Do — 15°. 30'
Mar 13 Do 14°. 15'
At Commencement shoot was very young.
In Hothouse
Mar 16 in 8°. 40'— & then shoot remained stationary the whole of the next day.—
[Climbing plants, p. 15.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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