RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Gardeners' Chronicle, 1843-1844. CUL-DAR75.2. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 5.2021. 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.
CUL-DAR75.1 - CUL-DAR75.12 list items Darwin noted in his copy of Gardeners' Chronicle. There is a bound index to Darwin's collection of the magazine (now in the Cory Library, Cambridge) which gives page numbers and subjects of interest to Darwin from 1847-1871, now in CUL-DAR222.1 (transcribed only in Darwin Online).
In The Complete Library of Charles Darwin: 1841-1843: link 1844-1871: link
1841 PDF 1842 PDF 1843 PDF 1844 PDF 1845 PDF 1846 PDF 1847 PDF 1848 PDF 1849 PDF 1850 PDF 1851 PDF 1852 PDF 1853 PDF 1854 PDF 1855 PDF 1856 PDF 1857 PDF 1858 PDF 1859 PDF 1860 PDF 1861 PDF 1862 PDF 1863 PDF 1864 PDF 1865 PDF 1866 PDF 1867 PDF 1868 PDF 1869 PDF 1870 PDF 1871 PDF 1874. pp. 15-16. CUL-DAR58.2.32 Image link 1875. pp. 44-45. CUL-DAR139.18.24 Image PDF link
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Volume 1843
24 Two hybrid seedless Heath from same parents differ in Ch. 9 I must make the lead of homogeneity of Hybrids allude to Gartner having worked, as he says expressly chiefly on uncultivated plants
86 changes in Dahlia & all Florist flowers — Florists are astonished when they see an old drawing of an esteemed variety — Hence change gradual
p. 191 only few old vars of Picolets
135 var. of Picotee very uncertain
188 Large fruit produce chiefly on Strawberries (Q) with sexes distinct — use of dioeciousness Ch. 8
318 Young thrush feeding young Black birds
389 Rules for selecting seed in 1660 (but not good)
391 Sport in Thorn
879 Sport in Ash
501 On Cork Wren's nests, unimportant
910 Important used as refuge
775 a famous Orchis sport.
806 Pois sans Parchemin măi open to attack of tom-tits & Jays
877 One year all scarlet alone Dahlias were [scented] (strange correlation) (see next year for very curious facts or correlations) Some not constant
— In some Picotee stigma protrudes dioeciousness before flower opens
879 Doubling & sporting of Dahlia coccinea
881 Clover did not seed before Bees introduced (I am nearly sure no plants shall
Legumes Grand case. All the small Bees — Hooker life of Papillomas Plants
29. There are special varien[ts] of Bulls & that more case in their breeding that more do they transport character
68 House-fly same Canada, Britain Cape & Tasmania
87 Sport in currant Bush
337 good case in Azalea
89 Peach sport
151 Variation analogous to allied species
215 Camellias seed freely when artificially fertilised
(1844)
247 diversity in Hybrids from same pod. (I suppose species)
260 Swan killing toads in numbers, but not eating them
374V on Bees from different Hives visiting different flowers some visited Pansies (2)
476 On Peas being now got earlier then formerly
500 Berkely on hybrid Ferns
577 In certain seasons many Florist Flowers do not come true, I have noticed many cases & thus shows effect of climate on variation
— Seedlings new are yet said to be "not new" /688/
702 Irish yew not hereditary
740 Chidham Wheat in Hedge — How many fruit trees thus found. There is something very strange about this.
782 Age of Robins only 4 years, owing to fighting of Cocks!
811 Capital Table of increase in weight of Gooseberries (Q)
815 Dragon Fly 600 miles from Land
835 Degeneracy of Brussel sprout curious case (can be kept here in England)
872 Marie Louise variable — Refer sand Winter nelis very true Pear
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