RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1877].09.03-17. Sloes - bloom very imperfect. CUL-DAR67.4. 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-DAR67 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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Sloes — bloom very imperfect owing to win[d] & rain
Sept 3d, 7 sponged — & 7 with bloom left to dry — they soon shrivelled a little
Sept 17— cut them open no marked difference, if any those with bloom driest.
Sloes unripe green, some beginning partially to become purple
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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