RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [ny].04.17-19. Saxifraga sarmentosa / Proof sheet of Cross and self fertilisation, p. 65, published p. 129. CUL-DAR209.3.299. (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).
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Ap. 17' Saxifraga sarmentosa — Vertical glass — dimly illuminate from abv
Ap. 17' Saxifraga sarmentosa — Vertical glass – dimly illumination from above
(Runner tied up.)
Right Hand — shorter & thicker runner
after some cut—
10°. 30'
11° 30 ⨀ — 2d dot
1° risen & to left I suspect Heliotrop to N.W. windw →
2 risen & to right
3°. 5' back & exactly parallel to last L
4. 5 little way reversed again back & parallel
5 ° little up—
6. 5' an atom to left
7. 20 up & to left
8° 35 little way to left
9 . 30 to right short way parallel
10. 40 same spot
[upper half, right hand side]
Left - Hand very Long & thin runner
Thicker & shorter runner
[illeg] [sketch]
10°. 30' twisted to one side
11° 30 ⊡
1° risen & to left — Now in darkness
2° greatly risen & to left
3° up & to right
4˙ 5 to right & down
5° nearly same course'
6° 5 a short way up
7 20' far up & to left
8 35 to right & up ( on upper edge of glass
9 30 to right level on top of glass
10 40 to left parallel to last line
18th
6°. 45 ⨀ . . . .
7° 45 to left
8 45 down. & to right
9° 30 little way to left
do do 10 . 20
11 . gone back or to right an atom
12. almost same spot (stopped almost circumnutating)
1 ° do do
2° . ⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽⎽ do
3° ?? —7° 15 same spot
19th_ˌ_6° 45
⨀
Right-Hand Spec 9. 35 to left
10 . 55 to light
19th 6°. 45' | 7° 45' short distance
9.° 5 nearly same spot
6. 45 far off glass to right
⨀ 7°. 45 on Horizontal glass
8° 45 to so-called light
9. 30 same course
10 20 to right & light
11° from light reversed movement
do 12
1° to left circle almost completed
2° an atom to left
3° to left & light
4 to left & light
5 . same course
6° back & parallel
7. 15 to right & from light Crossed morning line
8 . 40 from light & to left
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Bit of Card on point? Smoked glass & lay more on soil
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[Proof sheet of Cross and self fertilisation, p. 65, published p. 129.]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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