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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