RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Gardeners' Chronicle, 1876, p. 242. CUL-DAR76.B165. 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
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Anon. Manna of commerce. [Fraxinus ornus]. Gardeners' Chronicle (19 February), 1876, p. 242.
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the leaves of Fraxinus ornus, secrete manna, or saccharine substances, as well as the cut stems
G. Chronicle. 76 p. 242
[Cross and self fertilisation, p. 402: "The leaves, as well as the cut stems, of the manna ash (Fraxinus ornus) secrete in a like manner saccharine matter.†
† 'Gardeners' Chronicle' 1876 page 242." "Although the Manna of Commerce is, as is well-known, a saccharine exudation from the stem of the Manna Ash (Fraxinus Ornus), we learn from the Pharmacographia that it was formerly obtained from the leaves of that tree. Previous to the fifteenth century the Manna used in Europe was imported from the East, and was not that of the stem."]
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