RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1875-1876]. Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, folio 99. CUL-DAR64.2.31v. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 8.2023. 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-DAR64 contains material for Earthworms, experiments on worms; different locales & photographs and cuttings from journals.
Draft in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Cross and self fertilisation, p. 99.
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self-fertilised capsules were however the heavier in the proportion ratio of 100 to 87.
Three or four pairs of these two lots of Seeds in an equal state of germination were planted on the opposite sides of four pots: but only the two tallest plants on each side of each pot were measured to the tops of their stems. The pots were placed in the greenhouse, and the plants trained up sticks, so that they ascended to an unusual height. In three
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