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Jan 12th 78'

Canary-grass

Quill Caps painted & unpainted

Exposed to Lamp from 8. 40 to 8° 30'

6 Quill-caps extending down for .25 from tip & 6 do. painted Prepared by self. Pot marked A — Caps moderately loose, allowing tips to curve within towards light.

(1) not painted moderately inclined to light

(2) do greatly inclined to light, but not basal portion

(3) do (monstrous as are some other specs) inclined to right angle to light

(4) do greatly inclined to light down to base

(Jan 13th 8° a.m All the Quills black & white as vertical as the free plants)

(5) do very slightly inclined, but not upper part within quill

(6) do vertical short plant & stood behind other blackened ones

(7) painted, much inclined to light base of pipe open, & I cd see glimmer of light on one side

(8) do vertical or rather bowed in opposition to light

(9) do Vertical

(10) do. slightly inclined to light (cap loose at top, but I cd not see let in light)

(11) do doubtful & slightly inclined to light (I can see a little light enters)

(12) decidedly inclined, but by holding up cap to light, I can see bright light entering

Thread tied round .25 from tip D almost vertical (C) bent as much as others. — next morning vertical.

Two which had previously been painted with Indian Ink round bases were permanently curved to one side & were not acted on by light

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Jan 12' Canary grass. Frank's Pot. Pipe .25 deep & some .3

exposed from 10° 15 to 8 30'   

Jan 13th reversed pot & put in S W. window from 11° to 4°. 30'.— 1 Slightly bowed, 2 & 3 upright— 4 fallen prostrate, 5 slightly bowed to light— 6 well bowed—

Painted quills 7 & 9 bowed to light, 8. slightly bowed— 12 very slightly bowed. 10 & 11 upright— Tips of free plants inclined to light— All this refers to my paper on [fert]

A few of these have reversed curvature on the following morning

Splinters of glass

(1) glass splinter very slightly curved

(2) do very slightly bent

(3) do vertical

(4) do very slightly bent

(5) do vertical

(6) considerably bent to light

(7) very slightly bent

(8) vertical — merely daubed with shellac

(9) slightly bent ditto

(10) vertical or bent at right angle to light ditto

11 unpainted cap moderately curved —Pot reversed upright

12 do considerably curved to light —Pot reversed slight curved to light

13 do well curved slight curved to light

(14) do. well curved —upright — Perhaps not time to reverse curvature

15 painted—strongly strongly curved to light— cap firmly firmly jammed

(16) bent away from light (probably weight)— Pot reversed same position

(17) well curved to light — Pot reversed but kept in same position

(18) curved from light probably weight — Pot reversed upright