RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1878?].06.14-16. Pelargonium zonale / Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, folio 651. CUL-DAR209.3.256. (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 12.2022. 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-DAR209.3 contains materials 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. 374.
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Geranium zonale 14th
14th
9° 30'
10°. 10' down & to left
11. 35 atom up & to right
12 50 down & to right
2° up
3. 10 up
4. 30 up & to left
6. 5 down
7° 15
between 10° & 4°. 30'
2 20 up
9. 5' down straight
10. 45. vertically down
15th
6°. 50
8° 5 down to right
9 23 short way down
10. 35 to right
12 to left
apex of leaf. 11½ inches
1° to right
2. 5 in middle of muddle
3° do
4° an atom lower
between 10° & 6°
5 do
6 same spot
7' do
9° little up & to left
10. 35 little up & to left
6° 50 up — 16th 2° up
8° 30 to left 3 down
10·15 up. 4° 30 little to right
10 35 up & to left 6° a little down.
12° up 8· 30 considerably down.
12.55 to left & down 10·35 same spot
17th
6° 45
8. 30 up
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fertilised by cresp crepuscular or nocturnal insects often emit their odour chiefly or exclusively in the evening. Some flowers, however, which are highly odoriferous depend solely on this quality for their fertilisation, such as the night-flowering stock (Hesperis) and some species of Daphne; and these plants
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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