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Natural Scale i.e not reduced no lettering

Tracing N

From 8˚40' P.m, 28th to 10˚ a.m 30 a.m 30

(Fig 16) (not scale)

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V. f. circumnutation of same epicotyl as on fig 22, slightly a little more advanced in age, traced under similar circumstance as before fr 8° 40' P.m. Dec 28th to 10. 50' am. Dec on the 30th. Movement of end of filament here here [magnified] 20 times. —

Fi

(Circumnutation of young plumules)

 Fig. 15. enlarged about 10 times (20 in the original

— 16 enlarged about 20 times

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from one of the other plants, and they all produced fine capsules.) (Being As I felt much surprised at the difference in the results of the trials made during the two previous years, six fresh plants in the following year 1870 were in 1870 again protected by separate nets. Two of those proved almost completely self-sterile, for on carefully searching when I found only three small capsules each containing one or two seeds of small size which however germinated. I A few flowers on both these plants were reciprocally fertilised with each other's pollen, and a few with pollen from one of the self-fertile plants, and all these flowers produced fine capsules. The four other plants whilst still remaining protected beneath the nets presented a wonderful contrast (though one of them in a somewhat less degree than the others) for they became actually covered with capsules, as numerous as, or very nearly so, and as large fine as those on the uncovered plants growing near.)

(The above three spontaneously self-fertilised capsules producing the two almost completely self-sterile plants, contained altogether five seeds; and from these I raised in the following year (1871) five plants which were kept under separate nets. (lead on)

[Cross and self fertilisation, pp. 338-9: "The flowers on four small branches of this semi-self-sterile plant were smeared with pollen from one of the other plants, and they all produced fine capsules.
As I was much surprised at the difference in the results of the trials made during the two previous years, six fresh plants were protected by separate nets in the year 1870. Two of these proved almost completely self-sterile, for on carefully searching them I found only three small capsules, each containing either one or two seeds of small size, which, however, germinated. A few flowers on both these plants were reciprocally fertilised with each other's pollen, and a few with pollen from one of the following self-fertile plants, and all these flowers produced fine capsules. The four other plants whilst still remaining protected beneath the nets presented a wonderful contrast (though one of them in a somewhat less degree than the others), for they became actually covered with spontaneously self-fertilised capsules, as numerous as, or very nearly so, and as fine as those on the unprotected plants growing near.
The above three spontaneously self-fertilised capsules produced by the two almost completely self-sterile plants, contained altogether five seeds; and from these I raised in the following year (1871) five plants, which were kept under separate nets."]