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Jan 13/

Red Cabbages

Put on quill-pipes .3 deep on 2 seedlings & 2 other painted ones on 2 other & exposed to S.W window from 11° 30' to 4° 30 used the drop of gum to prevent then slipping down for they were loose.

Four Seedlings well curved to light.

The 2 with whole quills very slightly curved, hardly at at one with black upright — the other fairly well curved to light— — So failures — quills not transparent enough & those I used too large

Failures Probably no use—

Failure Heliotropism

Quills painted & unpainted

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Jan 14th -78/

Red Cabbage Seedlings.

Folded round strips .3 deep of probably transparent gold-beater skin one fold deep & stuck edge together with saliva —3 plants— & 3 other similar ones afterwards painted over with oil —& Lamp black

Heliotropism

This looks like [illeg] — but older experiments failed

Not painted

No 22. as much curved as any; curvature extends down to within .17 of ground. Height of plant to top of Cots, not fully expanded 1.15

No 19. moderately curved as much as any of the taller neighbour.— Height of plant 1.05

No. 3 well curved as much as neighbours down to within .3 of ground Height of plant 1.2

Painted

No 4. just perceptibly curved towards light; cotyledons looking upwards instead of as in all free plants to light. Height of Plant 1.05

No 21. exactly as No 4 — Height 1.2

No 23 do do 1.35

Marked contrast between these 3 & all the free ones & those with transparent gold-beaters skin.