RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1855.04.09. Placed in quart Bottle Cabbages & Radishes. CUL-DAR27.1.F18-F18a. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.


[F18]

April 9th. 1855. 12° Placed in quart Bottle Cabbages & Radishes (together) vars in Tank with Snow

Onions do.

Cress.

Carrots & Trifolium incarnatum (together)

Capsicums & Beet & M. Wurzel (together)

Lettuces var & orache (together)

Celery

Oats & Barley (together)

Marrows, [Rhubarbs] Beans. Peas. Kidney Do. Beans loose.

May 9th. Took out of Tank & Planted.

Water certainly only 32° for more snow than water. Water coloured yellowish & turbid, smelt considerably offensively, soaked seed for 1 1/2 half & then slightly dried.

No vital action cd. have gone on, it is surprising the chemical shd.

 

[F18A]

Planted 13th

Lettuce

Radish

Cabbage

Cress} germinated on 16th morning all quite up 18th.

Onion

Carrot} first germinated 18th

The Beans germinated in 5 days

the Celery germinated just perceptibly on 27th

Oats Ap 7th 5 P.m 10th germinated at 9 A.m.

Sown March 30th

Marrow 3

Chili 9th

Rhubarb 9th

Beet 8th

[illeg] germinated Ap 1st

Spinach 2d

Trifolium incarnatum Ap 1st

White Clover 2d.

Yellow Clover 5


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