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1878 Herbaceous Cotton

15th 8° 30' all unhealthy— thrown away except 1 (5° 30') with sqr & shell-lac. refixed in damp air on Table

July 13th 9° 15' attached 4 bits of covering glass to 4 radicles with 14' 9° refixed 2 lost sqr. & added 2 fresh seeds— sand-paper & asphalte' asphalt or Balsam of Condc. & filled jar with water & placed in cellar near ice-box— temp 58° F. 14th 8° had not grown— sqr dropped off 2— Placed on sand Bath

 

(July 13th 9° 15' fixed sq. of sand-paper with Asphalte or Caud. Balsam Radicles immersed in water filled up jar with water & stood on sand-Bath. temp 70°—75° 68°—77° Room 62°—63° "Second jar)

(1) 4° 30' perhaps little curved from sq no effect (14th 8° 30' no clear effect sq washed off; refixed card & Asphalte (14' 4° 45' refixed glass & asphalte.) (15th. 8° 10 sq. with shell-lac.. in a (16th inclined from square but is whole radicle inclined not trustworthy

(2) 4° 30' no effect (14th 8° 30 has not grown)

(3) 4° 30 curved from sq (14th 8° 30 do & from seed)

(4) 4° 30 no effect (14th 8° 30 curved laterally from sq.

(5) 4° 30 no effect (14th 8° 30' curved at 50° from sqr.

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(6) 13' 4° 45' glass sqr card fixed (14th 8° 30 : 4° 45 completely Hooked sqr. dropped off

(7) like (6) glass fixed (14' 8° 30'  

(8) like (7) (14th 8°. 30 sqr dropped off; refixed card & asphalt.) (dropped) 4° 45' refix (15th 8° 20 sq. with shell-lac (16.th 8° no effect)

(9) like (7) (14' 8° 30 no effect. sq. not touching apex) (14' 4° 45' refixed glass & asphalte. dropped off (15th sqr with shell-lac.) (16th 8° no effect)

(10) like (7) 14' 8° 30' sq. dropped off refixed card & asphalte — refixed glass & asphalte 15' sq. with shell lac (16th 8°. no effect

15th 8° a.m. I fond the square dropped off almost all many refixd as above — threw away 3 — Kept on sand-bath in damp air— 4°. 45 look yellowish & miserable. (16th dying)

Summary— in 5 cases the sq. caused curvature under water & in 5 cases did not act, but some of the latter were poor miserable specimens.—

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July 14th 8° 45' a.m— on sand-Bath sqr of sand Paper & Asphalte — Jar with wooden top Cotton

Radicle immersed in water (Jar make B)

(1) straight & long 4° 45 apex bent at rt angle (15. 8° 30 now going geotropically with basal part to S. 

(2) str. a little inclined to right sq in opposition— (4° 45 no effect ) now inclined greatly to S (16th 8° a.m tip of radicle now above seed, but sq. rather lateral 

(3) str. very slightly inclined to Rt & from S (4° 45 no effect) (15 8° 30' do, but now greatly inclined to S.

(4) str. rather short inclined to left sq. in opposition— (—4° 45 no effect) (15th 8°. 30' do

(5) short greatly inclined to left sq. so as to increase inclination (4° 45' I think has acted (15 8° 30' ??) (16th yet I think has acted

(6) short inclined to left sq. in opposition to mark (4° 45 dropped off put on glass so as to make to bend from gravity (15th. 8° 30' no effect)

(7) long & straight (4° 45 no effect) 15' 8° 30' do

(8) long & straight (4° 45' no effect) (15th 8° 30' dropped off —refixd with shell lac bit of glass 16th 8° a.m. no effect

(9) short str. inclined to left sqr so as to increase inclination (4° 45 no effect) — 15th 8° 30 do)

(15th 8° 30' placed jar on sand Bath damp air: 4° 45 look very poorly.

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Summary in 1 acted, in 2 doubtfully acted in 6 did not act,. 1

General Summary of 2 papers — 19 radicles tried under water with sq. of sand-paper & bits of thin glass cemented to roots — in only 6 acted plainly in 2 doubtfully & 11 not at all, but some of the latter were poor unhealthy radicle which did not grow & in one or 2 cases squ. objects cd be seen not to touch apex— But results not conclusive nevertheless— I think I may say sometime act— It is clear that roots will keep healthy for very short time treated unnaturally as done in all cases.

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June 20' 1879    Gossypium herbaceum— Radicles— dry germinated in damp. peat. — on chimney-piece.— apex touched only once on one side with dry caustic— at 7°. 50' a.m. Suspended close over water & well splashed a few minutes after caustic. All with caustic laterally

(1) caustic (21st 8° has now grown upside down with no relation to black mark, which is hardly 1/2 mm in length O

(2) Caustic 1° P.m I think a little bent from black mark(?) 4° 30' do (21st 8° a.m curved from black mark 2/3. of mm.

(3) caustic. 1° P.m  distinctly bent from mark. 4° 30' curvature extends down for 9 m.m— after the 8th 25 / 9 mm 25° from vertical (21st 8° curved wildly down toward cork now with no apparent relation to mark

(4) Caustic 1° P.m distinctly bent from mark 4° 30' 25° from perpendicular. — curvature 6 mm for 6 mm (21st 8° still more curved from mark — 55° from perpendicular.— mark about 2/3 m.m.) X

(5) Caustic 1° P.m distinctly bent from mark; 4. 30' has become perpendicular (21st 8° am slightly curve from mark)

(6) Caustic 1° P.m distinctly bent from mark: 4° 30, 15° from perpendicular (21' 8° 45° from perpendicular — mark about 2/3 m.m) X

(7) Caustic 4° 30' straight —(21' 8° a m black mark very minute— Sachs curvature strong no relation to mark)   O

(8) caustic 1° P.m. 7 mm distinctly bent from Caustic 4° 30', 65° from perpendicular curvature 7 mm. —(21st 8° a.m— Horizontal, but no relation to mark X

21' 8° a.m The radicles have now grown wildly— they now form a great contrast with the 7 control specimens, only one of which has grown wildly, viz up towards & touching cork

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Control specimen at same time suspended

(1)   4° 30' P.m— all 7 straight & perpendicularly down, except no 10, which is very long radicle & this is straight but has grown inclined—

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Conclusion. out of the 8 with caustic 4 distinctly bent, after 8° & even after 5°, & more so after 24° the movement case — 2 slightly & 2 not at all In the latter the black mark extremely minute great contrast with the 7 controls — Black mark in no case 1 m.m in length, curvature extend from 9 m to 6 mm.— After 24° the radicles had grown wildly in all sorts of directions.