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

 

Dec. 24

 

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

 

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)

 

2°. 5' to light & to right

 

3 .5. from light & to right

 

3. 57'  Nearly same course  

 

 do  do  5. 37

 

 7. 23 from light  & to left going back

 

8 25   from light

 

9. 20 a little from light & to left

 

10 45 to light

 

Dec. 24th. 6° 45 a.m. from light & to left

 

7. 55 from light

 

9. 12 very slight movement to left

 

10. 35 to left

 

12 .7 same course to left

 

1. 42 to light & left

 

3° to left

 

4. 10' very short distance to left & light

 

5. 30' not moved

 

The latter movement toward plum Cots— The
earlier movement from Cot I believe, but the whole Cotyl has been twisted

 

 

(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]


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