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
9º 30'
10º. 10' down & to left
11. 35 atom up & to right
12 50 down & to right
2º up
3. 10 up
4. 30 up & to left
6. 5 down
7º 15
between 10º & 4º. 30'
2 20 up
9. 5' down straight
10. 45. vertically down
15th
6º. 50
8º 5 down to right
9 23 short way down
10. 35 to right
12 to left
apex of leaf. 11½ inches
1º to right
2. 5 in middle of muddle
3º do
4º an atom lower
between 10º & 6º
5 do
6 same spot
7' do
9º little up & to left
10. 35 little up & to left
6º 50 up — 16th 2º up
8º 30 to left 3 down
10·15 up. 4º 30 little to right
10 35 up & to left 6º a little down.
12º up 8· 30 considerably down.
12.55 to left & down 10·35 same spot
17th
6º 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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