The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [table of colours of flower and seed of various Stock plants]. CUL-DAR46.2.A31. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2022. 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. The volume CUL-DAR46.2 contains Notes for Natural selection.

[A31]

Name of Stock	Colour of flower	colour of seed
ash-gr. dark	dark palish purple	very dark
Chamois yellow	salmon pale	brown
Red grey	darker yet not dark purple than	dark brown
sulphur yellow	white	brown
Black n dark	pricky dark purple	dark
Early crimson	crimson	pale brown
white	white	brown
violet dark	rich purple —
Rose	very pale purple —
Brown violet	dark purple —
Isabel	salmon	brown
purple dark	crimson —
Brown light	dull, inky purple	rather ~~pale~~ darkish brown
Black brown	inky purple —
Rose light	pale purple —
Chamois dark	palish reddish purple	brown
Copper light	very pale purple —
violet	rich purple —

Sw Pea. [Courolulus] Larkspur} very different coloured flowered yet same seed.─

Common Pea, very different coloured Pea, yet same-coloured flowers, generally.—

No relation between colours of seeds & flowers.—

Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)