RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1863.05.12. Leith Hill Place / Trees. CUL-DAR49.92. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. 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-DAR49 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 3 on 'On...organic beings occasionally crossing' or dichogamy.
"Leith Hill Place, near Dorking, Surrey. 1842 Josiah Wedgwood [III] bought it, about 4,000 acres, on resigning his partnership in the family firm, home c.1847-80 Also home of Margaret Susan Wedgwood (Mrs Vaughan Williams), before 1944 and later. It was passed to Hervey Vaughan Williams, and in 1944 on his death to Ralph Vaughan Williams, who gave it to the National Trust. They leased it to Ralph Wedgwood, his cousin and close friend." (Paul van Helvert & John van Wyhe, Darwin: A Companion, 2021)
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May 12- 1863 Leith Hill Place.
Trees dangling catkins reflex in Oaks & Nuts long filaments.
When I think of Maples, Sycamores - Elms, Mulberries Tulip-Trees - Limes, there is some law of about Trees & inconspicuous flowers.
Maple - disc secretes honey - Pollen not very minute; not very copious stigma large - Flowers inconspicuous. - Some few flowers apparently male alone??
Central flower apparently has some stamen & 3 pistils or stigmas.
Common Sycamore Down - I saw Hive-bees & many Diptera sucking flowers - The frost had inspired flowers; I could not make out whether dichogam, apparently strong female dichogam.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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