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July 4th 1879. 2º 10 P.m

Cucurbita ovifera. Radicles extended horizontally on Pot 1 thinly thickly covered with Peat: 10. touched on now lower side of apex (2 Big Pins) & 10 touched on upper side & that would aid Geotropism.— The former wd be opposed to Geotropism.

(4th 10º. 15' P.m. ie after 8hr of the 10 touched above all are geotropic; 3 rectangularly so & the rest in a very marked manner.—

Of the 10 touched below, 3 4 quite straight; 4 3 slightly geotropic but not nearly so much so as the above 10, with which they form a strong contrast; & 3 distinctly & much curved upwards in opposition to geotropism, so that the touch of caustic on lower side of apex has conquered the power of geotropism.)

(July 5' 9º a.m.— ie 19hr The 10 touched above above all strongly & mostly rectangularly geotropic, but I doubt whether more so than if they had never been touched with caustic at all.—

Of the 10 touched below, 3 geotropic strongly, but hardly so strongly as the foregoing 10— 4 horizontal one, however with a trace of geotropism.— Of the 3 which last night were upturned in opposition to gravity; one is so still; one has become slightly geotropic; & one has bent laterally, & is not geotropic but abnormal.—

To show that in one from ascension that a touch with could do not prevent bending (This had better come at end)