RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.08.03-09.12. Pea-pods. CUL-DAR66.138. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2023. 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-DAR66 contains notes on 'bloom'. Francis Darwin explained: "His researches into the meaning of the 'bloom,' or waxy coating found on many leaves, was one of those inquiries which remained unfinished at the time of his death. He amassed a quantity of notes on the subject". LL3: 339. See an Introduction to these folders by Christine Chua & John van Wyhe.
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Aug 3' 11˚ 30' Pea-pods 1877
Young quite flat, but most nearly full length — Beautifully silvery.
5 cleaned & uncleaned to be syringed
Sept 12th not much hardly any difference, if any those with bloom the more decayed of the 2 lots.
Aug 3d 11˚ 30
5 cleaned 4 uncleaned to be left to dry. —
19th The smaller cleaned ones feel dryer
25 very little or no difference between 2 lots
Sept 1' no clear difference between the 2 lots, thrown away
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I cleaned a lot of Peas of bloom & left then on plants, but several were destroyed by birds, before being netted — What remained were gathered on Sept 10th 3 pods were quite small & shrivelled, but then there were such which had not been cleaned — These 4 fine pods which had been cleaned, these differed very little or perhaps not at all from the others, excepting that perhaps they looked rather more shrunk, so the peas within were rather more plainly shrunk from the outside. —
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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