RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. [Abstracts on] Intercrossing & Sterility. CUL-DAR75.101-109. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2021. RN4

NOTE: Lines crossed by Darwin have not been transcribed.

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.


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Ch 5) Intercrossing & Sterility

X = Interbreeding – good of crossing = Effects/- S = Sterility from changed condition

130 Hen-tailed [corks] sterile

Indian Field 29/28 European sterile in Java (?)

58/69 tree from [illeg] variable infertility in Madagascar

see other cases, show [gnes] by [genus] curious

p. 83, 105, 139

Ray Wisdom. p. 109 Swallow laying more eggs – so increased [illeg] of domestic birds duller

Tschudi's 16 on Alps highest & lowest chamois. 3 weeks between [illeg]

Janells Birds 1/412 S

1/506 losing red

Müller 2/1453 very good on crossing of tape-worms

Charlesworth Mag 2/491 S

3/223 S

3/469 S few birds breeding in St. James Park S

Louden's Engels 829 Early potatoe not flowering S

256 on seed & worms

Owens Invertebrate 86 Unions in Planariæ / 151 Spermatozoa expressing Bryozoa / 213 Synapt only have [Echino]

221 Termites of Synapt could not cross /459, 467 Hermaphrodite Acarus.

477 Solitary ascidians distant [illeg]– aggregate Herm. but remarks Huxley on Pyrosoma

521 [illeg] 539 Pteropods reciprocal cistus

268 Gramineæ wheat

95 on forceful crossing of Leguminosæ

Kölreuter – [illeg] (my abs. p 3) p 121 wild plants with failing pollen S

do 5 & 6 / Doubleness strangely inherited in crossed plant – [3 words illeg] case in sterility

X –Large abstract p. 15.  innumerable flowers in quite sterile Hybrids – shows no relation between sterility & production of flowers

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Ch 5 On Intercrossing

Ray Report Z & B. 1845. 65 Impregnation effected by twisting of withered flowers & Ch. Fermond

do Bot 1846. 367 271 Campanula

Ray Bot. Memoir 1853 p. 42 Littorella lacustis never flower under water.

Van Mons 1/406 Pears not intercrossing

2/76 goodness of fruit connected with sterility

Masters on Dog 203 African dogs in [illeg] never bred. So Dogs in Paris

Peacock said to be less fertile hen

Anxious Poultry. 48 Old Canada goose wd not breed with Audubon young would S

101, 103 Teal & Widgeon breeding

wild goose & Duck

Annals 8/86 pollen-tribe of Campanula enter only stigmatic surface

Linn. Journ 2/7 Dimorphous Campanula both seeding (+)

2/36 Chitoria will have flowers without stamens yet fruiting (+)

Louden's Mag 3/197 nightly swelling flowers dark-coloured

Humboldt story of extinct [illeg] when first introduced in England

Fournett on sheep 181.

& Institut 1840 p. 274 Bees in N. Zenbla.

Look carefully over C. C. Sprengel.

Huxley Medical Times 319/133 sexes of Parasitic worms

307/486 on spermatozoa in lowest animals not discovered in some.

312/619 actinia dioicous

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Intercrossing – Sterility

Proc. Ann. Acad Sc. IV 21. On pollen affecting seeds – Effect inherited.

Gould Trobilidæ p. 15 Humming Birds sucking long tubular flowers & like Bees protruding their bases (+)

do p. 120 sucking Saliciæ

Fermond (8vo Pamph. 234) Flowers in withering on closing in

evening self-fertilise themselves; even in Viola, malvaceae, Iris, Tūi &c, Campanula – Fecundation often before flower opens. Phaseolus – p. 17 Humming Birds fertilise flowers

Linn Transact vol. 23 – 1860 Part I p. 64. Dichogamy in [illeg] , good in comparison with plants.

do do do p. 224 Huxley on Dichogamy in Pyrosoma

do do Part II p. 350 Cobbold on rare case of [illeg] Flakes in copulation

Linn. Journal vo. VI. no 22 p. 71 on comingling & blending of Rats.

Gardeners' Ch. 1861 p 552 my paper on Vinca

[Darwin, C. R. 1861. Fertilisation of Vincas. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 24 (15 June): 552.]

Cottage Gardener (7 y rule)

(11) 244 on crossing plants in Hothouse by branch in place of insects on quantity of pollen requisite.

(19) 254 very curious case of direct influence of pollen on female plants in causing most of [illeg]

(19) 254 very curious case of direct influence of pollen on female plants in causing most of peduncle

(32) 257 on period of fertilisation of Wheat (33) p. 272

(39) p. 39, 40: conclusive (43 158) Evidence (41) p. 77. crossing of Hive Bees

(35) p 315 Wheat

(45) 237 on sterility of a sport from Geranium S

(48) 310 on sterile variation of most cultivated flowers S experiment (48) 321 Geranium

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5 Intercrossing & Sterility

Kölreuter – Large abstract p. 18 S Hybrids producing less seeds when potted (p. 11 remark similar case

do p. 30 comparison of sterility of Hybrids & effect of pottering.

do p 44 great size of hybrids, inherited by very fertile Hybrids

Gartner Bastan 360 parallelism of sterility from conditions & crosses S

369 Hereditary sterility of  Dicanthus pure

528 Luxuriance of Hybrids not due to sterility.

565 Hybrids more inclined to produce double flowers.

569 Male flowers easiest affected in both cases gives reasons (& [illeg] to case

Carpenters Phys. 493 Abstract of Thuret on sexes of Fuci / 561 Synapt hermaphrodite

553 Melusæ sexes separate even so low in scale/ 573 Salpidæ dichog.

575 Descaine on Oysters dichog - 577 Planopoda & Planeria 589 require [illeg]

592 Donibrom  [2 words illeg]  annelid dioicous, being [illeg] impregnation must be by water

595 Myriapods always dioicous 628 Some acenidæ dioicous

Agassiz Class 74 Possible explan. of strange molussc in Synapta

[insertion:] from yet I show much crossing

Hooker New Zealand – List of trees with respect to sexes (+)

Wiegmann cases of Leguminosæ naturally crossing

[Arend Friedrich Wiegmann (1771-1853), German pharmacist and botanist. Wiegmann 1828.]

121/22 Nat. Hybrid between 2 Phaseoli

161 Naudin on Stramonium & Petunia; not crossed by insect

174 Huxley Pyrosoma in fact Dichogamous – for element matured at different

Eding New Phil 84 p 288 Hydra some individual 1 sex – some both sexes combined

Colin Phy Dom. 2/492 on Hermaphrodite Fish

[N] is important to show in Azaleas, Lilacs &c that sterility not due to force of vegetation or great size fruit, but to direct action

Siebold Anat. Comp 1/342 & 348 male & female organs invaginated yet lending to separate organs

1/529 Tardigrade Arach. Hermaphrodite.

Henslows Botany 220 night-flowering flowers lurid – mem. Cactus

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5)  Intercrossing Sterility

Linnean Journal vol. IV Supplemental vol. p. 10 & 13 certain trees Legue sub-dioicous.

Gallario 67 Monotus Les… sterile S

V 47 on cabbage crossing so largely when grown together

Aug. St. Hilaire 572 a multitude of flowers impregnated in bud – Gardenia

Moguin Jardin 189 Pelonic flowers generally sterile S

Loiseleum Desl Deslongchamps 45 on wheat not crossing 80-81

Darwin's Phytologie 116 curious case of Beans crossing (+)

Botanic Garden p. 16 On avena preventing Flies escaping (+)

p 3 & 4 on Epilobium bending down pistils

Spallanzani 2/273 case of flowers impregnated in bud; certain case

10/178 Greenish & white flowers often small by night

13/230 apple 1/2 sweet, 1.2 sour sterile S

13/ 368 White flowers oftenest odourless by actual tables & calculated (+)

Gardeners Chronicle 1841. p. 291 Cherries not setting in Hot Houses S

485 Bean flowers purported sterile (+)

1843 877 On some picota stigma produces before flowers open.

881 The New Zealand Closa & all S (+)

1844 215 Camellia seeding when fertilised artificially

1850 p 702 good from change of seed (Perhaps first causes of flowers to seed)

1853 534 corolla guiding Beans to Calceolaria – on necessary care to exclude insects

[insertion:] do not touch stigma

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5 Intercrossing Sterility

Gardeners Chron 1855 p. 730 in Rose & Turnip naturally crossing enormously 1856 p. 729

1857 566 upper flowers of arachis always aborted because cannot react good

725 my notice of kidney Beans with action of Bees

[Darwin, C. R. 1857. Bees and the fertilisation of kidney beans. Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette no. 43 (24 October): 725.]

1858 p 247 on good for change of seed. Buckman good

722 Colunolla strongly recommends change of seed p 723 yet some wheat long grown on same soil.

824 & 844 My paper on Bees & Kidney Beans p 845

Annale du Mem. [Phouris] p. 2 on making alpine plants seed

p. 3 F. Cuvier & p. 6 good on animals breeding in confinement good

Mem. Savans Rollins p. 4 sheep not fecund in Hot valley p. 5 Peacock

p. 6 fertility of geese

Phytologist p. 16 Bromeliad – Ivy not seeding in N. so with other plants

p 17 on certain Campanula when early flower do not open yet produce plenty of seed

Zoologist

p. 6 Silene inflata very attractive to moths – so sweet william

p. 8 Pansy special favourite of certain moths

Flora p. 3 Zuccarini says cape Oxalis bean in seed in our gardens (+)

p. 9 The vars of Iris which differ most from parents are sterile S

18 annal des Sc. p 18 on impregnation in bud

2. S. Bot. p 15 on secretion of Honey in relation to pollen

3d S. Zoolog p 8 as many acacias Hermaphrodite

Zoolog p. 13 cases of Lichen which do not [illeg] in France S

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5 Intercrossing Sterility

23 Gallario p. 15 sterility of sugar-cane – Bananas, ananas S

24 Watson Cybele p. 1 Draba impetus seeds freely in his garden

In Tin Box copy of my Paper on Kidney Beans crossing

Annals of Nat. Hist Ralf 18/196 on impregnation of violets

Godron sur l'espece 1/169 – fact showing how easily wheat & Ægilops naturally cross.

2/106 cases of fruit tree sterile, but seeding in some places & wild plants sterile

E. Tennant lesson 1/124 curious contrivance to being bring Utricularia to surface for fertilisation.

1/264 pretty passage about Lepidoptera haunting flowers. 

Journal of Linn. Soc. Vol. IV Supplmt Bot. p. 10 on dioicous Papilionaceæ (+)

do do Vol 5 (no 19) Cobbold on union seen between two hermaphrodite flukes (Distoma) – there are forms with separate sexes

N. Hist. R. no. 2 p. 147 Bentham on vast number of stamens in some acacias & few seeds rot

Jeffreys (pamph. 217) on crossing of [illeg] (not very important)

Schaffhausen (Pamph 218) p. 423 alludes to intercrossing keeping forms constant

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5  Intercrossing  Sterility

[Monthly] Poultry p. 133 Hen Pheasant laying less – Roulins on Poultry in S. America

18 Annal des Sc. 3d series Bot. p 4 on number of pollen-grains received to fertilise flowers

p 10 on nature of Tu [2 words illeg] in Gardenia

p 13 on number of grapes keeping true in Bot Garden

p. 6 Strelitzia dichogamus in fact (+)

17c great Heat caused Guerney Sig not to shed pollen.

21 do on pure-bred azalea from America not producing pollen

African Heath requires agency of insect – case under Hybrids without [illeg]

45 Knight on injury from preventing access of Bees to Wall-fruit

46 on training branches of vines together to favour fertilisation

21. Silliman Journal 2d S. p5 impregnation of Campanula

11 Hort. Journal. p. 2 Cuscus sterile on very poor soil in own country S Herbert

26 Linn. Tran. Brown on Orchid & [illeg] insects - agency

28 Macres Journal

29 Aquiant & Hort

Temminck p. 10 p. 11 sterility from unfavorable conditions does not cause abortion

Yet not variable

16 Linnean p. 2 case of several plants ascending to heights where they are sterile. S

21 domestic Birds make all ranges & stronger

23 Gallerio p 5, p 6 much natural crossing in oranges & lemons &c

p 7 on crossing favoring doubleness of flowers

p 8 good effect of crossing auricula in produce of seed

p 9 Male organ 1' affected in dulling seen in dioicous plants

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5  (Dichogamy) (The other sheet in Dichogamy Portfolio)

Crocker (4to Pamph. 68) On sterility of Ficaria 1863 I see they seed three years

Claperede (4to Pamph. 72) p. 22 Hermaphrodite Fish.

Nat. Hist. R. Part VIII p. 443 Cynoræ requires insect aid & are irritable case like Berberies

4to Pamph (80) Bot. Z. [illeg] is dichogamy of Papilionaceous

p. 6 other plants

p. 10 Nectar

8vo Pamph (289) Cohn on contractile stamen bears on intercrossing of certain compositæ.

Gard Chronicle 1864 p. 987 (+) intercrossing in monoicous plants

Linn. Journal VIII B. p. 256 Moggride  important on Ophrys. 

Nat. Hist. R. XVII 1865 p. 74 Sexuality of Cryptogams

Nat. Hist R XIX 1865 p. 365 on question whether certain Zorantheria always are self-fertilised.

Transact. Ent. Soc. Vol. 2 (3d series) Part 6 p. 124 Poor on flowers of Physiathus catching many Lepidoptera (+)

4to Pamphlet (102) Fritz Müller on martha most curious case of expression

[8vo] do (393) Nägeli Entstehung – Separation of sexes in lower plants

p 46 artificial & scented flowers – use of colour of corolla (+)

do (399) Hildebrand

Annal & Mag of Nat. Hist vol. XV 1865 p. 453 on polygamy in arrangement of sexes in Alcyon Alcyonaria

do do Vol XVIII p. 57 on an infusorian with all gradations on same species of Hermaphrodite from passing into unisexual status


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