RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Dryed Plants / table of length of time seeds floated (in salt water?). CUL-DAR157a.90. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2023. 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.
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Under 10 days |
over 10 days under 15 |
over 15 - under 25 |
Raspberry Cherry Gooseberry Strawberry Carrot Prunella vulgaris X Potamogeton 4-6 days Arumi (at once) Mulberry Blackberry Yew Oats Dactylis Dock Stachys sylvatica Mahonia 8-9 Wheat Broom Tomato 8-9 Phleum Matricaria Centaurea Ranunculus arvensis Lotus corniculatus 24 |
Calamintha climpdiurna 10-11
Laburnum 11-12 Poppy 14-15 Drosera 12-13 Plantago 10-11 Silene 14-15 6 Spanish Chesnut not tried 7 14 / 94 (Dryed Plants) |
Sweet Briar 21-22 Water Lily 19-20 Honeysuckle 21-22 Chiococca 16-17 Narthecium 16-17 5 Wahlenbergia & Kidney Bean 7
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over 25 days |
under 10 days |
under 10 days |
Barbery 40-41 Asparagus 85-86 Viscaria 3--31 Juniper 38-39 Helosciadium seeds? 90 Lychnis dioica 44-45 Antirrhinum 28-29 Dianthus 28-29 Acorns Turkish (49) 74 days Nuts 90. Walnuts 90 Dryed 11 make average add 7 not dryed 18 / 94 These are all above 28 days. & 28 days is the prior period of salting
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Alisma plantago 9-10 days Clematis Syringa Laurel 0-1 Charlock Agrimony Geum Viburnum Cotoneaster Crataegus Gilliflower Sweet Pea 8-9 Erythrina Malar ash 8-9 Common Thorn Fir Cone 8-9 Dictamnus Cowslip 9-10 Lettuce Inula Kalmia Magnolia 9-10 Convolvulus 7-8 Tropæolum Lathyrus sylvestris Ragwort Grundsel 27 |
Epilobium. Campanula Luzula 3 24 27 54 - add 8 not dried & tried = 62 / 94 6 5 11 76 tried dried Long floater, which I did not dry Typha Fig Euonymus Apple Sparganium Carex Horse chesnut} over 40 days not dryed Wahlenbergia 23-24 Kidney Bean 17-18 Spanish Chesnut 12-13 10
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Mem. about seeds of same species floating differently.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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