RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1878.05.28-29 Iris / Draft fragment of Cross and self fertilisation. CUL-DAR209.3.224. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. 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-DAR209.3 contains materials on Circumnutation of leaves and hyponasty 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. 350.
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occasions considerably more seeds than did the crossed flowers even than those which were crossed with pollen from a distinct stock or variety.
We thus see that varieties sometimes arise, which were self-fertilised possesses with an increased power.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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