RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1874-1875]. Draft of Cross and self fertilisation, folio 340. CUL-DAR76.B155. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. 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 volumes CUL-DAR 76-79 contain material for Darwin's book Cross and self fertilisation (1876).
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Variable in the power of a plants' own pollen in the act of fertilisation. (a)
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In this Table the fertility of crossed & self-fertilised plants, — that is of plants raised from crossed & fertilised seeds is compared in the
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(a) In some cases, as with Papaver vagum & Thunbergia alata, the flowers early in the season were extremely sterile with their own pollen; but later in the season became very much more fertile. Self-sterile Plants
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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