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Mertensia

Oct 19th 11° A. m. cleaned very gently with very soft sponge with tepid water 5 leaves, marked yellow wool & put on salt water.

Oct 29th 2 of the leaves on the central stem with brown specks.

Nov. 4' 8° A. m. 2 other leaves with places brown or decayed specks— I suspect 5th leaf with tendency to do.

Nov 5th There certainly is 1 little brown speck on the 5th leaf

― 7 now 4 brown specks; so I may date from Nov 5th —

Run all the observation on all the leaves together & say many blooms sponged off & say that I cd not succeed in keeping for more than 2 or 3 days spheres of salt-water on leaves same spot, so perfect is the protection.

Nov. 7th

N.B In all the leaves the brown marks caused by the salt-water utterly decay

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Mertensia maritima — 1877

Oct. 3d— 11° 30' Sponged 6 leaves young & put salt water on 3 & fresh on 3, but I think I sponged the latter too hard for became brownish in parts immediate. — Also splendid spheres on 2 young leaves with leaden wire. — Bloom very good (experimentise on bloom.)

Oct 13 one leaf with salt, now brown specks, but it may have been injured by rubbing

(Oct 15'. I doubt whether any real injury from fresh water, though 2 leaves a little blackened, I believe from being rubbed too hard.)

(Oct 19th do. conclusion.)

(Oct 18th a 2d leaf injured by salt)

(19th margin quite rotten)

(Oct 19th I think 3d leaf with spot yellowish.

― 25 2 or 3 brown specks & whole leaf looks flaccid.

29th bro greatly decayed where salt-water lay—

Sponge another set with tepid water

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