RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.12.23-25. Red Cabbage / Proof sheet of Forms of flowers. CUL-DAR209.4.76. (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 9.2022. 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-DAR209.4 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
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Dec. 23d. Red Cabbage
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Dec. 24 |
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7° 25' an atom to left |
9°. 23' |
9° a little to left & from light |
9 54' to right & light |
10. 45 do nearly same spot |
10. 34 to light & little right |
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11. 8 to right |
Dec. 25 6° 45' some way to left |
12 2 to right & little from so-called light |
8. 20' nearly same spot |
1° to right (is moving from Cotyledons) |
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2°. 5' to light & to right |
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3 .5. from light & to right |
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3. 57' Nearly same course |
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do do 5. 37 |
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7. 23 from light & to left going back |
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8 25 from light |
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9. 20 a little from light & to left |
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10 45 to light |
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Dec. 24th. 6° 45 a.m. from light & to left |
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7. 55 from light |
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9. 12 very slight movement to left |
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10. 35 to left |
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12 .7 same course to left |
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1. 42 to light & left |
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3° to left |
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4. 10' very short distance to left & light |
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5. 30' not moved |
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The latter movement toward plum Cots— The |
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(I can roughly estimate magnification by putting pot in board & measuring glass filament obliquely)
Describe movement in Bean & in Cabbage
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[Proof sheet of Forms of flowers, published pp. 155-6]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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