RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.12.04. Phaseolus multiflorus / DECLARATION AGAINST WAR. CUL-DAR209.11.135. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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-DAR209.11 contains material for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).


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(1A

Geotropism with grease on tip

from edge of upper skin in middle

(4)

Big Pin (5)

6 (3)

(7) (4)

45

 

measured from outside of Big Pin

middle of skin

 

 


⨀— 6th 8a

 

Dec 5' 8° am

 

⨀ Dec 5' 8°am


5th 8° am

 

 

6' 8° a. ⨀

⨀ 6' 8° a.

 


⨀—5 8°a.m



Phaseolus multiflorus in dark
Dec 4' 8° 30'— 66° F
7 with dabs of oil & Lamp-black
4 with no dabs—
Length of dab, as near as I cd make them 2 mm. (1 1/2 / 20th of inch)
Measured 4 of Radicles

(Dec 4th 5° P.m. all the white tips turned more or less downward— only one of Black tips)

Dec. 5' 8° a.m

Dec. 5' 5° P.m no essential difference

Dec 6th 8° a.m ⨀ 6th 8° a.m guess

(1) Black tip

 

(1) quite straight

(2) do

 

(2) Black tip, extreme top now down-turned

(3) do tip a little down turned

 

(3)— good length of terminal portion downturned

(4) do.— not at allup downturned

 

4 — almost straight & oblique

 do (5) do

 

(5) tip now oblique & straight

(6) do a little down-turned

 

(6) tip down

(7) do considerably down turned or affected by heliotropism

 

(7) tip perpendicularly down.

 

 

Of the 4 white tips, 2 perpendicular & 2 at about 45

8

 

 

9

 

 

10

 

 

11 } white tip all considerably down-turned

 

 

 

8th 
Tips a little turned up in all
Tip Blunt in all drown out in all, except no 2

1.7 & 1

(I ought to try with vertical suspend— upside down)

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