RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.07.10-13. Tobacco stem leaves / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation. CUL-DAR209.14.56. (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-DAR209.14 contains material for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880). Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 411.
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Tobacco stem leaves
8º. 55' leaf dependent from weight ? from shaking & fixing filament
10. 3. down
11 37 up & to right
1º — same course
2º. up. do
3. do
4º do — main part of L. Horizontal
5. do.
6º do
7º 15 up
9. to right up (asleep)
10. 44 little up. Observe tomorrow often aft 8º P.
(Used)
11th 6º 35
8º considerably down
9. 10' down do
10. do
11 5 down & crossed to right of line
12. 3 very little down & little to left
1º little down & to right
2º down
3' do
4º little down
5º 15 atom up
6. 16 up considerably
7. 17. up. do
8. 5 up.
9 20 up well
10. 52 do
12th 6º 40
8º 5 far down
9. 7 down
10. 5 do
11. 15 do
11. 57 do
1º do
2º atomy down
3' little down & little to right
4 up. 13th 6º 38'
5 7 up 8. 10
6º much up
7 20 far up
9 5 up & little to left
10. 35' little up
(Used)
Size of Plant— 5th leaf after Cots
Distance of tip of leaf, 4 inch
Length of Leaf 5 3/8
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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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