RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1861.06.01]. [Experiments on Vinca major]. CUL-DAR49.59. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2021. RN1

NOTE: See Darwin, C. R. 1861. Fertilisation of Vincas. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 24 (15 June): 552. F1836

Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR49 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 3 on 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' or dichogamy.

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I fertilised 6 flowers on 2 plants – All swelled, but 2 shanked off & 4 other now (Jun 1 -61) are quite large. All others many flowers shanked off few days after corolla dropped. –

The pods produced splendid seeds; I saw in De[illeg] a plant in open air with still bigger pods.

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