RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1875-1876]. Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, folio 119. CUL-DAR63.53r. 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. 66.
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the best of which (many being very poor) contained only .87 gr. weight of seeds: that is in the ratio of 100 to 65 by weight.
In order to test The superiority of the crossed plants over the self-fertilised plants was proved in various ways in different ways.
Self-fertilised seeds were sown on one side of a pot, and two days afterwards crossed seeds was sown on the opposite sides. The two lots of seedlings were equal until they were above half an inch in height high only, yet; but at last when fully grown
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