RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Table of roses flowering true or not true]. CUL-DAR46.2.A41. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and 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.


[A41]

Name & number

Total which flowered

True

not true

 

1 "Sulphur yellow"

7

7

x

 

2 cherry red

6

6

x

 

3 Purple with white bodies

6

4

2

 

4 Dark red [illeg] like 3

5

5

x

 

5 Red

2

2

x

 

6 Rose

7

6

1

one of the true rather darker

7 Rose Dwarf

4

4

x

Dwarfish true

8 Wine Colour

2

2

x

 

9 Pale yellow

9

1

8

But 6 other were yellow will [illeg]
perhaps [illeg]

10 Dark Brown ( [illeg] red vein)

8

8

x

 

11 Brownish purple with lilac

6

4

2

 

12 Bright rose

7

7

x

 

13 Dark purple with border lilac

6

6

x

peculiar [illeg]

14 Bright Rose

8

3

5

 

15 Pearl Blossum

7

2

5

 

16 Ash Colour

6

3

3

Peculiar colour: of true 1 paler

17 Louis Philippe

 

 

 

x

chestnut brown, scaly purple, like 16

5

5

 

 

18 Light Rose

10

10

x

(11 true kinds)

Total

111

85

26

 

Eleven of the Plants kinds — (62 Plants) all true

Seven recurring kinds (49 Plants) 23 true 26/ also

Marked with red no. 14 of above list Ribbon single Dark Red

[do] bluish 3 purple in centre with broad white may

[do] brown no 10 almost black double specm

Most unfortunately I have not closed true kinds to see whether they were crossed, except the Black which was very good


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