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Dec. 29 Caps

Beet

Exposed 9. 30 & removed from lamp at 5. 30

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) pipes of Blackened tin-foil .2 deep from bases of petioles down stem) Dec 29' seem good

1 Vertical. 2 Vertical .3 Vertical. 4 Vertical very slightly bowed, 5 Vertical

Dec. 30' No 2. has cots killed & therefore must have been pinched

Dec. 30' next morning no 4 still slightly bowed, so may be cannot have been affected by light

6 Bowed but pinched & injured

4 Vertical

6 7 & 8 pipe .15 .2 .15 of inch deep, but rather deeper from not folding across

7. Vertical. 8 Bowed to light, but there seems considerable naked space above pipe

1 vertical 1 slightly bowed

(9) & (10) pipe .1 deep

9. Slightly bowed. 10. Bowed

(11) Petioles & narrow zone painted; the coloured zone below joints of pedicels only .05 deep

11. Greatly bowed to light

(12) whole stem except zone, except closely about .1 of inch

12 Lower painted part straight, upper bowed

(13) petiole & zone of .05 painted─ zone of .1 naked, & then painted to base

13 middle unpainted part bowed

Of the unpainted ones the bowing is slight & extends some way but not quite down to the ground.

Rather too old. Plants

(over)

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Dec. 30' Reversed pot & kept from early morning to 2° 15 in Study window— The four plants with upper part of stems bowed, so that Cots now faced light, (1), (2) (3) (4) (5) (6 killed) (7) (8) (9) all Vertical (10) & (11), rather curved towards light (12) & (13) vertical with seedlings .6 high measured up to bases of petioles, the bowing extends down rather more than .3, & as tin-pipes .2 long prevented any bowing some transmission down stem— I believe younger plants bowed down to ground