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

8°. 55'  leaf dependent from weight ? from shaking & fixing filament

10. 3.    down

11 37    up & to right

1° —    same course

2°.    up.    do

3.    do

4°    do — main part of L. Horizontal

5.    do.

6°    do

7° 15    up

9.    to right up (asleep)

10. 44    little up.    Observe tomorrow often aft 8° P.

(Used)

11th    6° 35

8°    considerably down

9. 10'    down do

10.    do

11 5    down & crossed to right of line

12. 3    very little down & little to left

1°    little down & to right

2°    down

3'    do

4°    little down

5° 15    atom up

6. 16    up considerably

7. 17.    up .    do

8. 5    up.

9 20    up well

10. 52    do

12th    6° 40

8° 5    far down

9. 7    down

10. 5    do

11. 15    do

11. 57    do

1°    do

2°    atomy down

3'    little down & little to right

4    up. 13th    6° 38'

5 7    up                8. 10

6°    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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