RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Seringe, Flore des Jardins. CUL-DAR205.7.247. 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.
The brown crayon number '17' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Hybridism. See Natural selection, p. 419.
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Flore des Jardins par N. C. Seringe
(not in Hort Soc) V. British Museum
p. 250. Decandolle has shown no grafts take except in same family— but all of same family will not take; can (perhaps) usually be accounted for, by different periods of sap size, hardness of wood — instances (vide this) given, but with some exceptions where they do take. — Generally in such instances live for a short time & die — (Q)
Different nature of sap prevents taking —
p 252. size of tree & form of growth affected by grafting — from arbre rampants changed into arbre droit — more or less robust — vide power of fruiting for example — durability — greatest instance of change is Bignou de Virginie grafted on Calalpa Catalpa — when it forms a round head with pendant branches & these bear very few "crampons'
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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