RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.09.11-12. Red Cabbage / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, (fragment). CUL-DAR209.11.31. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 7.2023. RN2

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). Draft in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 6. The left portion of the draft is in CUL-DAR209.11.12.


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Red Cabbage.— on Horizontal glass apogeotropism in darkness, & when marked— illuminate only from directly above — Angle Etiolated

Sept 11

8° 10'    on edge of glass

8. 27   to L & R

8 48   far to L

8. 53 1/2              12 [+] 22 [=] 34'

8 58'

9. 2'

9. 5    each line large piece

9. 7'

9. 10'         11

9 12

9. 15'

9. 17    Big dot

9. 22'

9. 24    to left ( standing by window

9 29 1/2    to left & light

9. 35    do    do

9. 43'

9. 50    from the L

10. 1    from the light directly

10. 16    from light & to R

10. 34    do    do ( thick line

11°    crossed old line

11. 35    back to light & to left

12 12    to light & left

12. 43   long way to left & to Light

1. 33    from light & to left

.2°    do & to R. (?)

2°. 30    to right & from light

3°    to right

3. 30    to light

4.    to left

4 38    same course

5 17    from light

(Used)

12th 6° 40' a.m.    ⨀

angle

23° from vertical

2 3/4 tall

Between 9° & 6°

3 ellipse in 9°

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should be translated into English.

written in Swedish, so that I

read it.


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