RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Knight, An Account of some Experiments on the Fecundation of Vegetables. CUL-DAR205.7.234. 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: 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. The volume CUL-DAR205.7 contains notes on hybridism, sterility and pigeons.
Knight, Andrew Thomas. 1799. An account of some experiments on the fecundation of vegetables. In a Letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S. Read May 9, 1799. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London 89: 195-204.
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Phil. Trans 1799. p. 195 Mr Knight on Fecundation (Look to this paper)
p. 197 a certain pear when crossed showed much more tendency to become purple than white
p. 200 in two pea crossed could not perceive preponderance in either male or female, although season of maturity different — this mongrel — more luxuriant than either parent. —
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