RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1869. Abstract of William Paul, On the improvement of plants. Gardeners' Chronicle (31 July): 815. CUL-DAR72.2. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe 3.2020. RN2
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 volumes CUL-DAR 72-75 contain Darwin's abstracts of scientific books and journals.
The title of the paper is "On the improvement of plants: by selection, hybridising, and cross-breeding, having special reference to the hollyhock and the rose" was presented by William Paul (1822-1905). It was read at the Manchester Congress on 21 July 1869.
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Plants
Gardener Chronicle 1869
p. 815 – valuable paper
Mr Paul on Hollyhock true to seed – on sel
Variation of certain plants not always the best yielding finest varieties & conversely the finest plants continue yielding poor varieties
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