RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1875-1876]. Draft of Cross and self fertilisation. CUL-DAR63.49r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
NOTE: Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 84.
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appearance. We may put the results in another way: the number of flower-stems on the crossed plants were to those on an equal number of self-fertilised plants as 100 to 48.
Three crossed seeds in a state of germination were also planted in three separate pots: and three self-fertilised seeds in the same state in three other pots. These plants were therefore exposed at first to no competition with each one another, and when
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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