RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. 3 p.m Red sticks / Pure Carb(onate) of Soda. CUL-DAR60.1.41. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 54-61 contain material for Darwin's book Insectivorous plants (1875).


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Sunday 7th.    3O P.m    Red Sticks

Pure    Carb. of soda    2. gr to 1 oz of water

spec. 1.    8th    8O 40'    no effect    8th    5O. no effect.    9th.    9.    no effect

X

No effect

spec. 2.    8th.    8O 40'    all round-headed, except 2 & some on footstalk well inflected    8th 5O P.m    utterly killed    K    Strong

spec. 3    8th.    8. 40    several round-headed inflected & sub-inflected 5O. P.m. same state

   9th    9..    a great many marginals inflected, but look injured    9th.    5O do, perhaps reexpanding    10th    9. A.M.    utterly killed.    K    Strong

spec. 4'    8th    8. 40.    no effect    8th    5O P.m.    several round- & long-headed over one spine well inflected. 9th.    9. a.m one-third of marginals inflected.

   9th, 5O P.m reexpanding 10th    9. A.m.    quite rexpanded & fresh.

(written over last three entries) (Finished)

 

Oct 8th.    8O. 45'.    Blue-headed Sticks

   Carb of Potash. (pure) 2 gr. to 1 oz of water

2 specn 8th 5O. Pm    round-headed at ∠    9th.    9.    several round-headed marginals inflected, some long-headed at ∠, —    9th. 5O. P.m for a space round- & long-headed inflected.

   10th    9.. A m.    the same space with marginals inflected & leaf itself do

   11'    9'    almost entirely & perfectly reexpanded

2 spec    5O P.m    no effect. —    9th.    9..    round-headed marginals at ∠ do 5O

   10th    9. A.m    round-headed marginals & some long-headed well inflected.

   11'    5O P m    many well inflected

   11.    9. A.m.    almost all well inflected

V—  

3 spec    5O P.m    no effect    9th.    9.    several round-headed marginal sub-inflected

   9th.    several most round headed at ∠    10th    9 A m. same state. 11th    9. A.m in nearly same state, I think as much expanded as ever was

4. spec.    8O 5O. P.m    a few round-headed inflected. 9th    9. no clear effect —

   9th    5O.    no effect    10th    9. A .m    no effect

   11th.    9. A m    no effect. —

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Muriate of Soda    Red-Headed Stick

Oct 9th.    9. A. m.—    2 gr. to 1 oz

1 spec    5O.    no effect    10'    9.. Am    no effect    11th    9. A.m    no effect

2 spec    5O no effect (fly caught)    10th    9. A.m    no effect excpt form fly    11'    9 A m    no effect

3 spc    5O.    round-headed Strongly inflected    10'    9. A m    almost every round-headed Strongly inflected. 10'    5O P.m    nearly all inflected

         11'    9. A.m.    do    do

         12'    9. Am    do    do

         13' 9.. A m beginning to reexpand .14th. 9.    but little more    16th nearly perfect

4 spec.    5O    round-headed ∠s / 10th    9.. A.m.,    round-headed at ∠ ?/

         9 A. m.    quite reexpanded    in same state as at first, I think

 

Oct. 10th  9. 30'    Red   Sticks. Sulp. of Magnesia 2 gr to 1 oz

      5O. P.m    no effect on any.—

1 spec

   11th.    9. A.m.    no effect

   12.    9 A.m.       do

2 spec    11th.    9. A.m.    terminal marginals sub-inflected

      12'.    9 Am  — nearly dead — much injured

3 spec    11th.    9. A m.    no effect

      12th.    9 A m    no effect

4 specn.    11th.    9. A. m    no effect.

      12.    do. —    do. —


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