RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Standish and Noble, A Chapter in the History of Hybrid Rhododendrons. CUL-DAR205.7.248. 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.
Standish and Noble. 'A Chapter in the History of Hybrid Rhododendrons.' Hort. Soc. Lond. J., 5 (1850), 271‐5. IX, 62. See Natural selection, p. 417.
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Journal of Hort. Soc. vol. 5 1850. b Standish & Noble— on Hybrid Rhododendrons —
p. 274 seem to have found the various hybrids fertile. (just allude to)
p 274. He crossed hybrid Campanulatum (derived from, (maximum, Ponticum & campanulatum) with hybrid coriaceum, (derived from purpureum Catawbiense & arboreum) so the 6 species combined.
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