[B18]

Peloric Antirrhinum majus June 26 63

[insertion:] var. Wonder

Corolla narrow tubular with contracted mouth closed by yellow lips to petals & much wool - 6 sepal, 4 regular petals, with a fifth larger tipped with white & deeply bifid, so may be said to be 6. 6 large anthers reaching some way up tube - with stigma some way below. = It is a wonderful pelorism.

28th castrated 2 flowers safely. 30th fertilised both with pollen of red common fl. white thread. V

July 3d fertilised 2 fl with own pollen Black thread V

(July 5 one has shanked off)

& castrated most carefully 5 flowers of

July 6 {1 Peloric fl. white with pollen of common form.

{1 do Black thread with own pollen. V

July 8th One flower by pollen of common. A: White Th V

-- 10 Two flowers by pollen of Common White Th V

(An old flower with black th. I touched by accident with pollen of common; now marked by 2 black threads

[B18v]

The peloric flowers stand nearly upright with 6 regular small red petal & 6 yellow prominent lips or projections at mouth of corolla, which within is surrounded by wool. Wonderfully regular flowers.

July 12 3 fl. with own pollen Black thread V

14 4 fl. do do V

20 3 fl do do V

N.B all the flowers not marked on same stem & above threads have been self-fertilised without insects

[B19]

July 3d castrated most carefully 4 flowers of common red Antirrhinum.

6th fertilised six flowers with pollen of peloric white wool

July 8 + one = 7 flowers altogether.

1 fl with own pollen black & white wool

N. B. the 2 lower anther are in contact with pistil & will self-fertilise it.

The artificially one fert. flower produced more seed than any others.